Catalog

Periorificial tuberculosis

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Link to WHO Definition

Periorificial tuberculosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1707607718

Orificial or periorificial tuberculosis results from autoinoculation of M. tuberculosis in individuals with impaired immunity and advanced internal tuberculosis (especially pulmonary or intestinal). It presents as one or more undermined ulcers within or around a natural body orifice.