Cutaneous Tuberculosis and AIDS Diagnosis: A Case Report

Gisela Borges, Maria de Jesus Silva
2018 Case Reports in Clinical Medicine  
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.
doi:10.4236/crcm.2018.72010 fatcat:6k7br5j3kvaefddszyize2hbxu