Tags: Disease.

Tuberculous gumma (also known as a Metastatic tuberculous abscess and Metastatic tuberculous ulcer) is a cutaneous condition characterized histologically by massive necrosis. Restated this is a skin condition that results from hematogenous dissemination of mycobacteria from a primary focus resulting in firm nontender erythematous nodules that soften ulcerate and form sinuses.

Loading...

This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Tuberculous gumma"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.