Cutaneous tuberculous gummas in a patient with polymyositis*

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia

Guilherme Almeida Rosa Da Silva¹  Rogério Neves Motta¹  Ricardo De Souza Carvalho¹  Omar Lupi¹  Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes De Azevedo¹  Fernando Raphael De Almeida Ferry¹ 

关键词: Adrenal cortex hormones;    Immunosuppression;    Mycobacterium tuberculosis;    Myositis;    Polymyositis;    Tuberculosis;    cutaneous;    Corticosteróides;    Imunossupressão;    Miosite;    Mycobacterium tuberculosis;    Polimiosite;    Tuberculose cutânea;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0365-05962013000100013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Metastatic tuberculous abscesses or cutaneous tuberculous gummas occur mostly by reactivation of ancient cutaneous foci and is triggered mainly by pharmacological immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The present case report refers to a 33-year-old male patient with polymyositis and a previous diagnosis of treated pulmonary tuberculosis. He presented cutaneous abscesses and fever months after the tuberculosis regimen. The patient was diagnosed as metastatic tuberculous abscesses associated with immunosuppression as result of polymyositis treatment.

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