[Cutaneous tuberculosis and lymphatic nodes].
73-year-old woman with lesions in the right lung, fluid in the right pleural cavity, magnification of the left supraclavicular lymphatic nodes and ulcerations on the skin of the neck and chest is presented. Culture of 1 pus specimen received from the one of the skin ulcerations reveals the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antituberculotic drugs (INH, RMP, EMB) were administered. Complete remission of the skin ulcerations and pleural exudate after 8 weeks and partial remission of the lesions in the lung and supraclavicular lymphatic nodes after 12 weeks of treatment was observed.
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