Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin

Gawahir A Ali; Wael Goravey

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01305

Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis; a different face of the same coin

IDCases. 2021 Oct 7:26:e01305. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01305. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Gawahir A Ali¹, Wael Goravey¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Communicable Diseases Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

Primary tuberculosis cutis orificialis (TCO) is a rare form of extrapulmonary TB. The Lack of respiratory symptoms and similarity of the presentations to other oral lesions can pose a diagnostic dilemma. Hence, delaying treatment and potentially devastating consequences.

Keywords: Cutis orificialis; Golimumab; Mucosa ulcer; Tuberculosis.