Lupus vulgaris: Unusual presentations over the face

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 706-710

  Khandpur, Shaifalik ^a,b   Reddy, B S N ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Lupus vulgaris; Periorbital cellulitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS VULGARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CELLULITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242708706     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00838.x     Document Type: Article

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