Nijmegen breakage syndrome complicated with primary cutaneous tuberculosis

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Apr;30(4):359-60. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181faa941.

Abstract

Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare autosomal recessive chromosomal instability syndrome characterized by severe immunodeficiency, growth retardation, microcephaly, a distinct facial appearance, and a high predisposition to lymphoid malignancy. We report a 7-year-old white girl with NBS associated with cutaneous tuberculosis. The patient presented with multiple red-brown, centrally scaring plaques on the leg and had neither pulmonary nor systemic manifestation of tuberculosis. Polymerase chain reaction testing using Mycobacterium genus- and Mycobacterium tuberculosis species-specific primers confirmed the clinical diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis. This is the first report describing the simultaneous presentation of NBS and cutaneous tuberculosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leg / pathology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification*
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / complications*
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome / pathology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / pathology