TITLE:
Cutaneous Tuberculosis and AIDS Diagnosis: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Gisela Borges, Maria de Jesus Silva
KEYWORDS:
Cutaneous Tuberculosis, Metastatic Tuberculous Abscess, Tuberculous Gumma, Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.7 No.2,
February
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: The incidence of extrapulmonary tuberculosis has been increasing especially among immunocompromised patients. Mycobacterium tuberculosis skin infection is rare, accounting for 1.5% of all forms of the disease. We present a clinical case of 38 years old woman, Brazilian; with sexual risk behaviours that develops a sudden thoracoabdominal tumefaction of 4 - 5 cm. The investigation confirmed a metastatic tuberculous abscess in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.