Open AccessCutaneous tuberculosis mimicking a mycetoma
Author(s) -
RV Vora,
NG Diwan,
RR Singhal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_710_16
Subject(s) - medicine , mycetoma , cutaneous tuberculosis , tuberculosis , histopathology , dermatology , pandemic , disease , covid-19 , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Atypical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis (TB) are not uncommon and are frequently overlooked in clinical practice, leading to late diagnosis and increased morbidity. Strong clinical suspicion, histopathology, and response to antituberculous treatment are required for its diagnosis. In today's era, when TB threatens to burst into pandemics again, early diagnosis and treatment are very important for the control of disease. We are reporting a case of cutaneous TB which was initially thought to be a mycetoma.