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17204109

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Our patient was a 77-year-old Japanese woman, who was under treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and chronic renal failure. She had warm nodules and cord-like induration on her left knee that appeared similar to Bazin's erythema induratum. A chest X-ray examination revealed miliary tuberculosis; after anti-mycobacterial therapy, the warm nodules and cord-like induration were transformed into a cold, non-tender abscess that drained. Histopathological findings showed caseation necrosis in the subcutaneous tissue, however, mycobacteria were directly detected by Ziehl-Neelsen staining from cutaneous lesions, and cultures from the same lesion also grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculous gumma demonstrated multiple, cold, painless abscesses and thrombosis were also seen. This is a rare and unusual clinical form of cutaneous tuberculosis, and the result of hematogenous dissemination from a primary focus during periods of lowered resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0385-2407
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
86-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Tuberculous gumma associated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: report of a Japanese female patient.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, and Daisan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. hm4765@yahoo.co.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports