An Unusual Presentation of Lupus Vulgaris and the Practical Usefulness of Dermatoscopy.

Case Rep Dermatol Med

Specialist in Dermatology-Venereology, Chief of State Clinic of Dermatology, Hospital for Skin and Venereal Diseases, Delfon 124, 54643 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Published: November 2018

We report a case report of lupus vulgaris (LV) presented on the extremities of an 80-year-old man. He was misdiagnosed as having psoriasis and referred to our department for a second-opinion evaluation. The discrepancy between the clinical manifestation which was misleading and the dermatoscopic findings raised the suspicion of an underlying granulomatous disease and we proceeded to skin biopsy. The histopathologic examination set the diagnosis of LV.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6261242PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1036162DOI Listing

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