RESUMO
Tuberculosis (TB) has reached epidemic proportions in India with a myriad of clinical presentations. Extra pulmonary TB can present in a wide variety of clinical forms and its identification requires a high degree of clinical suspicion. Soft tissue infection by Mycobacteria is rare. The diagnosis is often not thought of owing to the rarity of this entity.
Assuntos
Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolamento & purificação , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/microbiologia , Tuberculose/microbiologia , Biópsia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Infecções dos Tecidos Moles/diagnóstico , Tuberculose/diagnóstico , UltrassonografiaRESUMO
Cylindroma is a benign skin adnexal tumor of eccrine differentiation. Clinically, they are disfiguring lesions that can mimic a malignancy. Cylindromas can be single or multiple and commonly involve the scalp (turban tumor) and face. Multiple cylindromas can have a syndromic association as seen in Brooke-Spiegler syndrome and familial cylindromatosis. We present a case of non familial cylindroma of the face that clinically mimicked a basal cell carcinoma. The histopathology was confirmatory. Herein we also highlight the utility of a simple and inexpensive histochemical stain Periodic Acid Schiff in supporting the diagnosis.