Tuberculous Cutaneous Ulcers Associated with Miliary Tuberculosis in an Elderly Woman

Abstract

Skin localizations in disseminated tuberculosis may present a clinical resistant evolution. An 81-year-old woman, treated by long-term steroids and methotrexate for rheumatoid polyarthritis, developed a disseminated tuberculosis in chest, bones and skin. While pulmonary symptoms quickly improved under conventional tuberculostatic drugs, skin ulcers showed positive cultures for 5 months and healed after 12 months of treatment.

Keywords

• Cutaneous ulcer
• Miliary tuberculosis
• Elderly