LMDF: lupus miliaris disseminatus facie

Background: Cutaneous granulomatous dermatoses usually are a diagnostic challenge with tuberculosis (TB) on top of them. TB is a universal health problem and considered by WHO at the top of 6 common and dangerous infectious diseases. Objective: To determine the clinical, laboratory and histopathological findings in 45 patients with the diagnosis of cutaneous TB over a 10-year period in Ahwaz. P...

(School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta) The association of the pulmonary and cutaneous tuberculosis was observed by Tomlinson and Dowling (1947) but the subject has not been thoroughly studied. Mitchell-Hegg (1950) in his text book advocates routine X-ray examination of the lungs in every case of cutaneous tuberculosis and remarks that pulmonary tuberculosis is uncommon with lupus. According to...

Lupoid leishmaniasis is an unusual complication of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis which can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The disease is actually a reactivation of an earlier acute cutaneous infection. It usually starts close to or in the scar of previous lesion and can cause severe destruction. Its diagnosis is complicated by the sparsity of the microorganisms in the d...