A clinicopathological study of 50 cases of cutaneous tuberculosis in Jamnagar District

K M Acharya; H Ranpara; R Dutta; B Mehta

A clinicopathological study of 50 cases of cutaneous tuberculosis in Jamnagar District

Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 1997 Sep-Oct;63(5):301-3.

Authors

K M Acharya¹, H Ranpara, R Dutta, B Mehta

Affiliation

¹ Department of skin, STD and Leprosy M P Shah Medical College of Hospital; Jamnagar - 361 008, Gujarat, India, .

PMID: 20944360

Abstract

A clinicopathological study of 50 cases of cutaneous tuberculosis was carried out. Majority of patients (30%) belonged to the age group 11-20 years. Male to female ratio was 3 : 2. In our study commonest type of cutaneous tuberculosis was lupus vulgaris (36%) followed by tuberculosis verrucosa cutis (32%) and scrofuloderma (28%). Face and neck were the commonest sites (36%) affected. All the patients showed significant response to antituberculosis treatment within a period of 9 months.