TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - BCG Vaccine
KW - Biopsy, Needle
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Immunohistochemistry
KW - Immunotherapy
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Male
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
AU - Sendhil Kumaran M
AU - Dogra S
AU - Kaur I
AU - Kumar B
AB - <p>Lichen scrofulosorum is a rare form of tuberculid seen in children and young adults. The cutaneous lesions are typically symptomless papular eruptions, associated with a strong Mantoux reaction, tuberculosis of lymph nodes and/or other organs or rarely following BCG vaccination. We describe an unusual case of occurrence of lichen scrofulosorum following BCG immunotherapy in a patient with lepromatous leprosy.</p>
BT - Leprosy review
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16038252?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 2005 Jun
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr Rev
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Lichen scrofulosorum is a rare form of tuberculid seen in children and young adults. The cutaneous lesions are typically symptomless papular eruptions, associated with a strong Mantoux reaction, tuberculosis of lymph nodes and/or other organs or rarely following BCG vaccination. We describe an unusual case of occurrence of lichen scrofulosorum following BCG immunotherapy in a patient with lepromatous leprosy.</p>
PY - 2005
SP - 170
EP - 4
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Lichen scrofulosorum in a patient with lepromatous leprosy after BCG immunotherapy.
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/76/2/17-0174
VL - 76
SN - 0305-7518
ER -