ELEPHANTIASIS OF THE EXTERNAL GENITALIA: A SEQUEL TO CUTANEOUS TUBERCULOSIS |
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| Authors: | L Padmavathy L Lakshmana Rao K Chockalingam N Ethirajan M Dhanlakshmi |
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| Affiliation: | From the Dermatologist, Urban Health Center, Division of Community Medicine, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India;1From the Department of Patholgy, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India;2From the Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprosy, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India;3From the Department of Community Medicine, Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Abstract: | ![]()
Tuberculosis continues to be an important public health problem and cutaneous tuberculosis constitutes a minor proportion of extra pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis. Elephantiasis of the external genitalia, as a sequel to cutaneous tuberculosis, in a 40-year-old diabetic lady is being reported for its rarity. The patient also had lesions of healed scrofuloderma of 27 years’ duration, in both axillae, with residual pedunculated nodules. |
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| Keywords: | Cutaneous tuberculosis diabetes mellitus elephantiasis gumma lupus vulgaris scrofuloderma |
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