RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Tuberculose Cutânea , Humanos , Feminino , Tuberculose Cutânea/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Cutânea/tratamento farmacológico , Tuberculose Cutânea/patologia , Pré-Escolar , Doenças do Mediastino/diagnóstico , Doenças do Mediastino/microbiologia , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Tuberculose Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Tuberculose Pulmonar/tratamento farmacológico