TY - JOUR
T1 - An Unusual Presentation of Lupus Vulgaris and the Practical Usefulness of Dermatoscopy
AU - Theodosiou, Grigorios
AU - Papageorgiou, Marina
AU - Mandekou-Lefaki, Ioanna
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1155/2018/1036162
DO - 10.1155/2018/1036162
M3 - Debate/Note/Editorial
C2 - 30538869
SN - 2090-6463
VL - 2018
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Case reports in dermatological medicine
JF - Case reports in dermatological medicine
M1 - 1036162
ER -