Coexistence of papulonecrotic tuberculide with lichen scrofulosorum
Tuberculides, the supposedly immunologic reactions to the products of dead <i>Mycobacterium</i> <i>tuberculosis</i> bacilli deposited in the skin from distant foci of tubercular infection, are presently considered to be of two types-papulonecrotic tuberculide and lichen scrof...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Tuberculides, the supposedly immunologic reactions to the products of dead <i>Mycobacterium</i> <i>tuberculosis</i> bacilli deposited in the skin from distant foci of tubercular infection, are presently considered to be of two types-papulonecrotic tuberculide and lichen scrofulosorum. Simultaneous occurrence of both the types in the same patient is very rare. We report the case of an adult male without any known internal tubercular focus who showed two types of skin lesions, clinically typical and histopathologically consistent with the diagnoses of papulonecrotic tuberculide and lichen scrofulosorum, occurring simultaneously. Polymerase chain reaction showed the presence of <i>Mycobacterium</i> <i>tuberculosis</i> DNA in papulonecrotic tuberculide type of lesion, and both types of lesions responded promptly to anti-tubercular drugs. |
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| Item Description: | 0019-5154 1998-3611 |