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Tuberculous Gumma Mimicking Hidradenitis Suppurativa

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Cutaneous tuberculosis is a great mimicker of hidradenitis suppurativa. Tuberculous gumma is a rare clinical feature of cutaneous tuberculosis, and due to the paucibacillary nature of the lesions, patients can be misdiagnosed. We report the case of a 59-year-old male patient, which illustrates a differential diagnosis of hidradenitis suppurativa in an immunocompetent patient.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Trauma Center Ben Arous, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

    Imen Ben Ismail & Marwen Sghaier

  2. Department of Pathology, Habib Thameur Hospital, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia

    Ehsen Ben Ibrahim & Imen Helal

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IBI analyzed and interpreted the patient data and wrote the manuscript. MS, EBI, and IH contributed in the critical revision. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Imen Ben Ismail.

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Ben Ismail, I., Sghaier, M., Ben Ibrahim, E. et al. Tuberculous Gumma Mimicking Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Indian J Surg 86, 242–243 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-023-03816-x

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