Case report
Lupus vulgaris in an immunocompromised patient
Maisarah Jalalonmuhali MBBS, Yin Y. Lee AdMDerm, Chew K. Lee MRCP, Rokiah Ismail FRCP, Patricia A. Chandran MD, MPath,
Patricia A. Chandran MD, MPath
Pathology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorMaisarah Jalalonmuhali MBBS, Yin Y. Lee AdMDerm, Chew K. Lee MRCP, Rokiah Ismail FRCP, Patricia A. Chandran MD, MPath,
Patricia A. Chandran MD, MPath
Pathology, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Search for more papers by this authorProfessor Rokiah Ismail, frcpDepartment of Medicine University of Malaya Medical Centre 59100 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia E-mail: [email protected]
Conflicts of interest: None.
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