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Scrofula in disseminated tuberculosis
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-077374 (Published 15 February 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:e077374
- Pietro Bocchi, internal medicine physician,
- Elisa Gnappi, nephrologist
- Department of Internal Medicine, Fidenza Hospital, Fidenza, Italy
- Correspondence to: P Bocchi pietro.bocchi{at}ausl.pr.it
The image shows a painless, enlarging, and ulcerated mass with caseous discharge on the neck of a man in his 60s (fig 1). The mass had developed over six months alongside a persistent, productive cough, cachexia, …
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