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[Cutaneous vasculitis disclosing pulmonary tuberculosis]
V Martinez1, V Zeller, E Caumes
1Département des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13.
Annales De Medecine Interne
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient with leukocytoclasic vasculitis that disclosed active pulmonary tuberculosis. This patient had no signs of systemic vasculitis. The clinical course was favorable with anti-tuberculosis drugs alone. There has been no recurrence at 8 months. Vasculitis associated with tuberculosis is uncommon. The pathophysiological mechanism remains uncertain. No immunosuppressor treatment is needed and the vasculitis generally regresses with treatment of the infection.