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Pontificia Universidad
Catlica de Chile, Santiago.
Facultad de Medicina
Departamento de Dermatologa
(MCR, FFS, CPS, RRL)
Departamento de Medicina Interna
Programa de Infectologa (RRB)
Departamento de Anatoma
Patolgica (SGB)
Hospital San Borja-Arriarn,
Santiago, Chile.
Departamento de Dermatologa
(OND).
Recibido: 9 de marzo de 2010
Aceptado: 28 de abril de 2011
Correspondencia a:
Marcela Concha R.
Dermato@med.puc.cl
Tuberculosis cutnea: reporte de dos casos y revisin
de la literatura
Marcela Concha R., Flix Fich S., Ricardo Rabagliati B., Cristian Pinto S.,
Roco Rubio L., scar Navea D. y Sergio Gonzlez B.
Cutaneous tuberculosis: two case reports and review
Cutaneous tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is uncommon
(1% of all cases of tuberculosis), but has increased due to the human immunodeciency virus epidemic and to
pharmacologic immunosuppression. It presents a wide variety of clinical forms depending on how bacteria reach
the skin and on the immune status of the patient. We present two cases of cutaneous tuberculosis diagnosed in
the Hospital Clnico de la Ponticia Universidad Catlica de Chile. We emphasize the difculty in diagnosis and
classication of this disease and briey discuss on the different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Key words: Cutaneous tuberculosis, extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
Palabras clave: Tuberculosis cutnea, tuberculosis extrapulmonar.
Caso 1
P
aciente de 56 aos, sexo femenino, con antecedente
de dermatomiositis diagnosticada un ao previo a
la consulta, en tratamiento con hidroxicloroquina
(Plaquinol