Background: Cutaneous Tuberculosis is a significant Health predicament in most of the developing countries like India. Though relatively uncommon i.e. constituting about 1-1.5% of the total extra Pulmonary tuberculosis cases, it is crucial to distinguish many clinical variants of cutaneous tuberculosis from the other masquerading dermatological conditions.
Aim: To study the epidemiology and the diverse clinical spectrum of Cutaneous tuberculosis.
Methods: All clinically and histopathologically confirmed cases of cutaneous tuberculosis between the period July 2022 and December 2022 at Kurnool Medical College are included in the aforementioned study.
Results: Thirty patients with cutaneous tuberculosis were studied out of which males (56.6%) outnumbered the females. The most common clinical type observed was Lupus vulgaris (56.6%), with lower limb being the most affected site of involvement. The Conclusive evidence of tuberculosis on histopathological examination was reported in 83% of them.
Conclusion: In our study, four different patterns of cutaneous tuberculosis were reported out of which Lupus vulgaris was the most common clinical type. Diagnosis was Primarily based on clinical features and histopathological examination. Our study rubricates the various clinical presentations of cutaneous tuberculosis including the atypical ones, the importance of histopathological examination in diagnosis and excellent response to treatment with anti-tubercular treatment.
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2022: 6.012
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