BCG-induced lupus vulgaris complicated by squamous cell carcinoma in a 7-year-old child

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 542-545

  Thakur, Binod Kumar ^a   Verma, Shika ^a  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPITHELIOID CELL; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGHANS GIANT CELL; LOCAL EXCISION; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NECROSIS; PAPULE; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BCG VACCINE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955034101     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04820.x     Document Type: Article

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