The combination of tuberculosis cutis lichenoides and tuberculosis cutis colliquativa (scrofuloderma) 
Kushtan I.V.¹, Grabovskaya O.V.², Teplyuk N.P.², Varshavskiy V.A.², Grishina V.B.², Samoylova A.V.<sup>2

1</sup> Moscow City Scientific Practical Center for the Fight Against Tuberculosis
² I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Considering high prevalence of tuberculosis among Russian population, data on early diagnosis and treatment of this disease are of particular importance. The paper uncovers epidemiological data on the occurrence of cutaneous tuberculosis in Russian Federation as well as its classification used in medical practice. Diagnostic procedures and differential diagnostic aspects are discussed. The most contagious subtype of cutaneous tuberculosis, i.e., scrofuloderma (or tuberculosis cutis colliquativa), is described in details. The clinical appearance is characterized by gummous nodules in subcutaneous fat which undergo caseous softening and ulceration to form "bridge-like" scar. The paper describes two clinical variants of scrofuloderma and their diagnosis. 70-year trends (1895-1964) in clinical subtypes of tuberculosis are analyzed.
Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of combined tuberculosis cutis lichenoides and tuberculosis cutis colliquativa (or scrofuloderma) in a woman with prior undiagnosed tuberculosis are addressed.

Key words: pandemic, cutaneous tuberculosis, tuberculosis cutis colliquativa (scrofuloderma) and tuberculosis cutis lichenoides, paraspecific inflammation, granuloma.

For citation: Kushtan I.V., Grabovskaya O.V., Teplyuk N.P. et al. The combination of tuberculosis cutis lichenoides and tuberculosis cutis colliquativa (scrofuloderma) // RMJ.  2016. № 14. P. 954–957.