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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 1(88), p. 98-101, 2013

DOI: 10.1590/s0365-05962013000100013

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Cutaneous tuberculous gummas in a patient with polymyositis*

Journal article published in 2013 by Silva,Guilherme Almeida Rosa Da, Carvalho,Ricardo de Souza, Ricardo de Souza Carvalho, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo, Ferry,Fernando Raphael de Almeida, Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Rogério Neves Motta, Ricardo de Souza Carvalho ORCID, Motta,Rogério Neves, Omar Lupi, Lupi,Omar, Azevedo,Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes De, Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry
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Abstract

Metastatic tuberculous abscesses or cutaneous tuberculous gummas occur mostly by reactivation of ancient cutaneous foci and is triggered mainly by pharmacological immunosuppression, diabetes mellitus, alcoholism or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The present case report refers to a 33-year-old male patient with polymyositis and a previous diagnosis of treated pulmonary tuberculosis. He presented cutaneous abscesses and fever months after the tuberculosis regimen. The patient was diagnosed as metastatic tuberculous abscesses associated with immunosuppression as result of polymyositis treatment.