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- Title
Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Children.
- Authors
Sethuraman, Gomathy; Ramesh, Venkatesh
- Abstract
Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that accounts for 1% to 2% of cases. Childhood skin tuberculosis represents 18% to 82% of all cutaneous tuberculosis cases. Scrofuloderma and lupus vulgaris are the two most common clinical forms in children. An increase in the number of tuberculids, especially lichen scrofulosorum, has been observed in the last several years. Cutaneous tuberculosis in children can be severe and have a protracted course. Multiplicity of lesions and multifocal disseminated involvement in scrofuloderma and lupus vulgaris is common. Scrofuloderma progressing to gummatous lesions (scrofulous gumma) is mostly described in children. Morbidities and deformities are more severe in children.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS in children; PEDIATRIC dermatology; LUPUS vulgaris; SEVERITY of illness index; SKIN inflammation; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1470.2012.01794.x