Scrofuloderma of the chest with mediastinal TB

Vanessa Bustamante Estrada; Ana Claudia Lada Lemos; Pedro Machado Luz; Iara Regina Siqueira Lucena; Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava Chakr; Anneliese Hoffmann

doi:10.1111/pde.15607

Scrofuloderma of the chest with mediastinal TB

Pediatr Dermatol. 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1111/pde.15607. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Vanessa Bustamante Estrada¹, Ana Claudia Lada Lemos¹, Pedro Machado Luz², Iara Regina Siqueira Lucena¹, Valentina Coutinho Baldoto Gava Chakr^{1

3}, Anneliese Hoffmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
² Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

PMID: 38516988
DOI: 10.1111/pde.15607

Abstract

Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in most cases and rarely by Mycobacterium bovis. Diagnosis may be challenging due to a wide range of clinical findings and similarities to other chronic dermatoses, leading to delayed treatment. We present a case of scrofuloderma in a 4-year-old girl that arose from a contiguous spread from the anterior mediastinum with associated pulmonary involvement.

Keywords: child; mycobacterium infections; tuberculosis, cutaneous; tuberculosis, extrapulmonary; tuberculosis, lymph node.

Publication types

Case Reports