01227nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653003200042653002800074653001900102653001200121653002200133100001600155700001500171700001400186245006600200856006500266300001200331490000700343520067100350       2018                            d10aExtrapulmonary tuberculosis10aGanglionar tuberculosis10aHansen disease10aleprosy10aLymph node chains1 aTablada MER1 aMarrero HR1 aLópez NP00a[Leprosy and ganglionar tuberculosis coinfection in an adult]  uhttp://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/medisan/mds-2018/mds187g.pdf  a559-5660 v223 a<p>The case report of a 34 year-old patient is described who came to the Dermatology Service due to disseminated pruritic erythematous stains. After 3 months with specific treatment he began to present evening low fevers and painful cervical adenopathies, reason why a baciloscopy was indicated in both elbows and ear pavilions, but the Mycobacterium leprae was not found; besides aspiration biopsy with fine needle of a cervical ganglion was also carried out, which result revealed a ganglionar tuberculosis. Finally a leprosy and tuberculosis ganglionar coinfection was diagnosed, two diseases emerging due to the Mycobacterium, which coexistence is strange.</p>