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Case Reports
. 2024 Sep-Oct;41(5):874-877.
doi: 10.1111/pde.15607. Epub 2024 Mar 22.

Scrofuloderma of the chest with mediastinal TB

Vanessa Bustamante Estrada  1 , Ana Claudia Lada Lemos  1 , Pedro Machado Luz  2 , Iara Regina Siqueira Lucena  1 , Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava Chakr  1   3 , Anneliese Hoffmann  1
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Scrofuloderma of the chest with mediastinal TB

Vanessa Bustamante Estrada et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in most cases and rarely by Mycobacterium bovis. Diagnosis may be challenging due to a wide range of clinical findings and similarities to other chronic dermatoses, leading to delayed treatment. We present a case of scrofuloderma in a 4-year-old girl that arose from a contiguous spread from the anterior mediastinum with associated pulmonary involvement.

Keywords: child; mycobacterium infections; tuberculosis, cutaneous; tuberculosis, extrapulmonary; tuberculosis, lymph node.

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