LICHEN SCROFULOSORUM TYPE TUBERCULIDS OF THE FACE

Citation
O. Vanhooteghem et Y. Doffiny, LICHEN SCROFULOSORUM TYPE TUBERCULIDS OF THE FACE, Dermatology, 192(4), 1996, pp. 393-395
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
192
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
393 - 395
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1996)192:4<393:LSTTOT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report the case of a 27-year-old man who presents facial tuberculid of the type lichen scrofulosorum. This presentation stimulates intere st in those aspects which cutaneous lesions associated with tuberculos is can manifest. As a consequence of the growing poverty and the flow of new immigrants into our industrialized regions, this pathology is b ecoming more frequent today.