Open AccessBilateral “turkey ear” as a cutaneous manifestation of lupus vulgaris
Author(s) -
Yingjie Lu,
Hongmiao Wang,
Hua Zheng,
Xiao Li
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.514
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 0973-3922
pISSN - 0378-6323
DOI - 10.4103/ijdvl.ijdvl_330_17
Subject(s) - lupus vulgaris , medicine , earlobe , cutaneous tuberculosis , tuberculosis , dermatology , systemic lupus erythematosus , sarcoidosis , verruca vulgaris , edema , presentation (obstetrics) , pathology , surgery , disease
Lupus vulgaris is a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis in China, mostly involving the head and neck region. Turkey ear is a clinically descriptive term, used for a massively enlarged earlobe with bluish-red or violaceous indurated plaques and nodules, which can be a sign of lupus vulgaris. A 47-year-old female presented with edema and reddish ulcerated lesions on both ears which was diagnosed as lupus vulgaris by conventional laboratory investigations and the patient showed good response to antituberculous therapy. Occurrence of turkey ears in lupus pernio (sarcoidosis) should also be mentioned here as this presentation was originally described in this condition. Two case reports of turkey ear have been reported with cutaneous tuberculosis (not bilateral). However, occurrence of bilateral turkey ears in cutaneous tuberculosis has not been described so far in the literature.