A case of cutaneous tuberculosis: a clue to diagnosing miliary tuberculosis

The incidence of tuberculosis in Japan remains higher than in western countries and more than 20,000 new patients were registered with this disease in Japan in 2011 [1]. We report the case of an 84-year-old female who presented with a subcutaneous nodule in her nose that provided a clue to diagnosing miliary tuberculosis.In September 2014, the patient complained of a symptomless nodule on the left side of the root of her nose. She had suffered from rib caries when she was 28 years old. She had lost [...]