TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS PRESENTING WITH CUTANEOUS LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS

Cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis is an inflammatory vascular diso rder due to deposition of immune complexes in dermal vessels. A direct or indirect role of infectious agents in the pathogenesis of such vas culitis has been postulated. We describe a patient with cervical lymph adenitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection who developed cut aneous vasculitis. The vasculitis resolved with standard antituberculo us therapy. The association between leucocytoclastic vasculitis and tu berculous infection has only rarely been reported.