DISSEMINATED CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS

• Main Authors: D. V. Zaslavskij (Author), Yu. S. Egorova (Author), I. N. Chuprov (Author), I. O. Olovyanishnikov (Author), Ya. Yu. Gurkovskaya (Author), A. A. Sydikov (Author), A. L. Chuzhov (Author), Yu. E. Ovchinnikova (Author), I. F. Dovgalyuk (Author), A. A. Starshinova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: State Scientific Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 0042-4609; 2313-6294; 10.25208/0042-4609-2018-94-2-69-77
• Keywords: generalized tuberculosis; cutaneous tuberculosis; disseminated; tuberculosis cutis lichenoides; Dermatology; RL1-803
• Source: Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, Vol 94, Iss 2, Pp 69-77 (2018)

Cutaneous tuberculosis is a clinically and morphologically heterogeneous group of skin diseases directly or indirectly caused by mycobacteria of the tuberculosis complex, occupying the 5th place among all localizations of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. Manifestations of cutaneous tuberculosis are extremely diverse and depend on the immune status and ways of penetration of mycobacteria into the skin. Skin involvement can occur as a result of exogenous inoculation, contiguous spread from an adjacent focus, or hematogenous spread from other foci. Family cases of disseminated cutaneous tuberculosis are described. A combination of several clinical forms of cutaneous tuberculosis - scrofuloderma, tuberculosis cutis lichenoides (moniliformis scrophulosorum) and lupus - are observed in a 5 year old child with a family history of tuberculosis. The issues of pathogenesis and advanced methods of diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis are also discussed.