Vulvar lymphangiectasia secondary to gastrointestinal tuberculosis infection in a teenager

Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Jan;37(1):215-216. doi: 10.1111/pde.13920. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

Abstract

We report a rare presentation of vulvar lymphangiectasia that developed secondary to gastrointestinal tuberculosis in a teenager, and its spontaneous resolution after anti-tuberculous treatment was completed.

Keywords: Vulvar lymphangiectasia; lymphangioma circumscriptum; lymphatic malformation.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraabdominal Infections / complications*
  • Intraabdominal Infections / drug therapy
  • Intraabdominal Infections / microbiology
  • Intraabdominal Infections / surgery
  • Lymphangiectasis / etiology
  • Lymphangiectasis / pathology*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / complications*
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / surgery
  • Vulvar Diseases / etiology
  • Vulvar Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents