Author/Authors
Aslan, Nagehan Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Pediatri AD, Turkey , Kara, Aybüke Akaslan Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Pediatrik Enfeksiyon BD, Turkey , Kaşıkara, Çiğdem Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Pediatri AD, Turkey , Özen, Metehan Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi - Tıp Fakültesi - Pediatrik Enfeksiyon, Turkey
Title Of Article
A rare skin lesion in childhood: scrophuloderma
شماره ركورد
15652
Abstract
Extrapulmonary involvement of tuberculosis disease is not uncommon and one of the affected organ is the skin. Scrofuloderma is a reinfection of tuberculosis that metastasize to skin from a focus like bone, joint and lymphadenitis by neighbourliness way or from a primer focus by hematogenous way. Scrofuloderma, a rare form of tuberculosis, should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of chronic skin lesions so in this case report, 10-year-old female patient with a purulent, ulcerated lesion in her neck, diagnosed as Scrofuloderma was presented.
From Page
9
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Scrophuloderma , Tuberculosis , Chronic skin lesion , Child
JournalTitle
Medical Journal Of Suleyman Demirel University
To Page
11
JournalTitle
Medical Journal Of Suleyman Demirel University
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