Multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis

Tuberculosis has been a well-known affliction of human kind, since antiquity. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes only a small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is an even rarer manifestation. We report one such case of multifocal tubercul...

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Main Authors: Jiby Rajan (Author), Ashok Thomas Mathai (Author), P.V.S Prasad (Author), P K Kaviarasan (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Tuberculosis has been a well-known affliction of human kind, since antiquity. Cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes only a small proportion of extra pulmonary tuberculosis and multifocal involvement of cutaneous tuberculosis is an even rarer manifestation. We report one such case of multifocal tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in a 17-year old male patient in the absence of any primary tuberculous focus.
Item Description:0019-5154
1998-3611
10.4103/0019-5154.82500