TY - JOUR
T1 - Erythema induratum and active pulmonary tuberculosis
AU - Hassoun, Paul M.
AU - Shepherd, Kenneth E.
AU - Flotte, Thomas J.
AU - Kazemi, Homayoun
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PAUL M. HASSOUN, M.D. KENNETH E. SHEPHERD, M.D. THOMAS J. FLOTTE, M.D. HOMAYOUN KAZEMI, M.D. Boston, Massachusetts From the Departments of Medicine (Pulmonary Unit) and Dermatopathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. This work was done during the tenure of a fellowship from National Institutes of Health Research Training Grant HL07354. Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Paul M. Hassoun, Pulmonary Division, New England Medical Center Hospitals. Box 257, 750 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. Manuscript submitted May 12, 1987, and accepted in revised form January
PY - 1988/4
Y1 - 1988/4
N2 - The etiology of erythema induratum, a rare disease of the skin in the United States but occasionally seen in natives of Asian countries, remains a source of debate. Its association with tuberculosis, although strongly suspected for more than one century, has not been clearly defined. We report a case of erythema induratum occurring in a young Chinese woman in the setting of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Both diseases promptly responded to antituberculous therapy. The diagnosis of erythema induratum should urge the clinician to search for a source of active tuberculosis, and treatment should be initiated accordingly.
AB - The etiology of erythema induratum, a rare disease of the skin in the United States but occasionally seen in natives of Asian countries, remains a source of debate. Its association with tuberculosis, although strongly suspected for more than one century, has not been clearly defined. We report a case of erythema induratum occurring in a young Chinese woman in the setting of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Both diseases promptly responded to antituberculous therapy. The diagnosis of erythema induratum should urge the clinician to search for a source of active tuberculosis, and treatment should be initiated accordingly.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9343(88)90121-0
DO - 10.1016/0002-9343(88)90121-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 3400668
AN - SCOPUS:0023912021
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 84
SP - 784
EP - 785
JO - The American Journal of Medicine
JF - The American Journal of Medicine
IS - 4
ER -