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Vol. 3. Issue 4.
Pages 190-192 (July - August 2007)
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Un caso de tuberculosis cutánea semejante a una vasculitis paraneoplásica
A Case of Cutaneous Tuberculosis is Simulating Paraneoplastic Vasculitis
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Joana Atxotegi Sáenz de Buruagaa,
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reumatologia@hcru.osakidetza.net

Correspondencia: Dra. J. Atxotegi Sáenz de Buruaga. Sección de Reumatología. Hospital de Cruces. Pl. de Cruces, s/n. 48903 Barakaldo. Vizcaya. España.
, Mariví Montejo Olivaresb, Alberto Alonso Ruiza, Jesús Gardeazabal Garcíac, Elena Urra Zalbidegoitiad, Pilar Manrique Martíneze
a Sección de Reumatología. Hospital de Cruces. Barakaldo. Vizcaya. España
b Medicina de Familia. Hospital de Cruces. Barakaldo. Vizcaya. España
c Servicio de Dermatología. Hospital de Cruces. Barakaldo. Vizcaya. España
d Servicio de Microbiología. Hospital de Cruces. Barakaldo. Vizcaya. España
e Sección de Dermatología. Hospital de Galdakao. Galdakao. Vizcaya. España
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Presentamos el caso de un paciente con linfoma no hodgkiniano tipo T, en remisión clínica después de tratamiento con quimioterapia y radioterapia, que ingresa por lesiones cutáneas necroticohemorrágicas en mano derecha, sospechosas de vasculitis paraneoplásica. Sin embargo, el estudio del paciente y las pruebas complementarias condujeron al diagnóstico de tuberculosis deseminada con afectación cutánea (tuberculosis miliar cutánea) y pulmonar. Se instauró tratamiento tuberculostático con resolución del cuadro clínico.

Palabras clave:
Tuberculosis extrapulmonar
Linfoma no hodgkiniano
Seudovasculitis
Tuberculosis diseminada

We present the case of a patient with type T non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in clinical remission after treatment with chemo and radiotherapy, who was hospitalized due to hemorrhagic and necrotic skin lesions on his right hand and a clinical suspicion of paraneoplasic vasculitis. Nonetheless, study of the patient and complementary testing led to the diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis with skin and lung involvement (cutaneous milliary tuberculosis). Anti-tuberculosis treatment was initiated with a satisfactory resolution of symptoms and signs.

Key words:
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Pseudovasculitis
Disseminated tuberculosis
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