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A case of tuberculosis verrucosa cutis in Brazil undiagnosed for 15 years
Wedy,Glaucia Ferreira; Passero,Luiz Felipe Domingues; Criado,Paulo Ricardo; Belda Jr.,WalterABSTRACT Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis is a rare medical condition that is caused by the inoculation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis into the skin of a previously sensitized individual. This clinical form of tuberculosis corresponds to 1–2% of all cases of tuberculosis and due to the paucibacillary characteristic of the lesions, patients can be misdiagnosed, accounting for the chronification of the skin infection....
Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma: an uncommon cutaneous tumor,
Costa,Anderson Alves; Wedy,Glaucia Ferreira; Belda Junior,Walter; Criado,Paulo RicardoAbstract Multinucleate cell angiohistiocytoma is a rare, benign vascular proliferation of unknown etiology. It occurs mainly in middle-aged women and usually affects the acral regions; the lesions appear as discrete, grouped, and asymptomatic violaceous papules. Histopathology shows proliferation and dilated small vessels in the papillary dermis, fibrous stroma with thickened collagen bundles, and multinucleate...