A Case of Lupus Vulgaris

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Other Title
  • 尋常性狼瘡の1例
Published
2007
DOI
  • 10.11340/skinresearch.6.6_628
Publisher
Meeting of Osaka Dermatological Association/Meeting of Keiji Dermatological Association

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Description

A 65-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic, dark-red, firm plaque with well-defined borders in the right cheek. He stated that the lesion had been there more than 30 years and had enlarged very slowly. Histopathological examination of the lesion showed coalescing tuberculoid granulomas with a few Langhans-type giant cells just beneath the epidermis and in the papillary and mid-dermis. Caseation necrosis was absent. Culture of biopsied tissue on Ogawa egg medium was negative. A polymerase chain reaction(PCR) assay did not reveal the presence of mycobacteria in a lesional biopsy sample. Although the tuberculosis culture and PCR did not confirm tuberculosis, a diagnosis of lupus vulgaris was made considering the clinical and histopathological findings. After a 6-month antituberculous therapy, the lesion disappeared. We believe that a diagnosis of lupus vulgaris still depends more on clinical and histopathological findings than on tuberculosis culture or PCR.

Journal

  • Hifu no kagaku

    Hifu no kagaku 6 (6), 628-631, 2007

    Meeting of Osaka Dermatological Association/Meeting of Keiji Dermatological Association

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390282680167678464
  • NII Article ID
    130005404624
  • DOI
    10.11340/skinresearch.6.6_628
  • ISSN
    18839614
    13471813
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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