Bilateral scrofuloderma of the axilla masquerading as hidradenitis suppurativa

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 629-630

  Müller, Hansgeorg ^a   Eisendle, Klaus ^a   Zelger, Bernhard ^a   Zangerle, Robert ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AXILLA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN FISTULA; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN SCAR; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN ULCER; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; AXILLA; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, CUTANEOUS;

EID: 56749109896     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0531     Document Type: Letter

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