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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859 EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 55, No. 3, 2009, pp. 190-192
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Bioline Code: jp09057
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2009, pp. 190-192
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Granulomatous cheilitis secondary to tuberculosis in a child
Bhattacharya, M.; Rajeshwari, K.; Sardana, K. & Gupta, P.
Abstract
Granulomatous cheilitis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation of the lips that can be secondary to various etiologies. A few infectious agents including Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been implicated in its etiology. It can be the clinical presentation of a tuberculide resulting from a hypersensitivity reaction to an underlying focus of tuberculosis such as pulmonary tuberculosis.
This case report describes a child with granulomatous cheilitis with pulmonary tuberculosis, who responded to anti-tubercular treatment. This is probably the first pediatric case of this rare condition.
Keywords
Granulomatous cheilitis, tuberculide, tuberculosis
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