Recurrent papulonecrotic tuberculid in an adolescent male: A diagnostic dilemma

• Main Authors: Arundhathi Shankaralingappa (Author), Michael L Anthony (Author), Tummidi Santosh (Author), Kanakapudi Josephain (Author), Prabhakaran Nagendran (Author), Hima Gopinath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculids are considered to be a hypersensitivity reaction to endogenous tuberculosis (TB). Papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) is a rare tuberculid occurring in <5% of active TB. An 18-year-old male presented with recurrent necrotic papules for 6 years on limbs, trunk, and neck which healed with s...