A Case of Primary Inoculation Tuberculosis.
- Author:
Min Gu KIM
1
;
Jung Ah KIM
;
Won Serk KIM
;
Dong Youn LEE
;
Eil Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. eslee@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Primary inoculation tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Blepharoplasty;
Chancre;
Drug Therapy;
Eyelids;
Female;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
Skin;
Tuberculosis*;
Ulcer;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2006;44(1):94-96
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Primary inoculation tuberculosis results from the inoculation of mycobacteria into the skin of a host not previously infected with tuberculosis. Tuberculous chancre and the affected regional lymph nodes constitute the tuberculous primary complex of the skin. A 21-year-old female visited our clinic with an erythematous, ulcerative, indurated plaque on her right upper eyelid. The skin lesion developed 2 months after bilateral upper blepharoplasty. The results of a skin biopsy with acid-fast bacilli staining and polymerase chain reaction were compatible with tuberculosis of the skin. After 9 months of antituberculosis chemotherapy, the skin lesion was improved.
