Scrofuloderma: a diagnostic challenge

Abstract

Abstract: Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, comprising 1-2% of cases. Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or related strains, it presents a wide range of clinical manifestations, mimicking other chronic dermatoses and leading to delayed diagnosis. A case of scrofuloderma is reported, whose diagnosis and treatment were only made six years after onset of the disease.

Keywords

• Delayed diagnosis
• Diagnosis, differential
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis, cutaneous
• Tuberculosis, lymph node