Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis presenting as diffuse plantar keratoderma: An unusual sight

• Main Authors: Sangita Ghosh (Author), Kamal Aggarwal (Author), Vijay Kumar Jain (Author), Soumik Chaudhuri (Author), Epsita Ghosh (Author), Arshdeep (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis (TVC) is a common cutaneous form of paucibacillary tuberculosis in an individual with moderate to high degree of immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Clinical appearance of TVC is mostly very typical with well-defined warty plaques presenting mostly on hands...