Author/Authors :
Öztürk, Savaş Sağlık Bakanlığı (SB) - Elazığ Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Dermatoloji Kliniği, Turkey , Polat, Cahit Sağlık Bakanlığı (SB) - Elazığ Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, Turkey , Demirören, Kaan Fırat Üniversitesi Hastanesi - Çocuk Gastroenteroloji Kliniği, Turkey , Pehlivan, Sultan Sağlık Bakanlığı (SB) - Elazığ Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Patoloji Kliniği, Turkey
Abstract :
Scrofuloderma is a cutaneous manifestation of tuberculosis that results from direct extension of an underlying tuberculous focus, such as lymph node to the overlying skin. In this article, 16-year-old male patient, live in a child detention home, with a purulent, ulcerated lesion in his neck, diagnosed as Scrofuloderma was presented. The case presented in order to stress that Scrofuloderma, a rare form of tuberculosis, should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of chronic skin lesions.
