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Papulonecrotic tuberculid secondary to Mycobacterium bovis. 1978

D L Iden, and R S Rogers, and A L Schroeter

A patient with papulonecrotic tuberculid had a pruritic papular eruption associated with constitutional symptoms. The eruption flared whenever the patient received low doses of prednisone to control symptoms of temporal arteritis. A cervical lymph node biopsy specimen demonstrated acid-fast bacilli, and Mycobacterium bovis grew on the cultures. The eruption cleared completely with antituberculous therapy. This case demonstrated the clinicopathologic findings compatible with a diagnosis of papulonecrotic tuberculid. Skepticism regarding the existence of papulonecrotic tuberculid is probably a result of the current decreased prevalence of untreated tuberculosis, and the subsequently increased rarity of this entity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009163	Mycobacterium bovis	The bovine variety of the tubercle bacillus. It is called also Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis.	BCG,Calmette-Guerin Bacillus
D009336	Necrosis	The death of cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury or failure of the blood supply.
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001706	Biopsy	Removal and pathologic examination of specimens from the living body.	Biopsies
D012867	Skin	The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.
D014382	Tuberculosis, Cutaneous	Tuberculosis of the skin. It includes scrofuloderma and tuberculid, but not LUPUS VULGARIS.	Scrofuloderma,Skin Tuberculosis,Tuberculid
D018366	Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous	Disorder characterized by a vasculitic syndrome associated with exposure to an antigen such as a drug, infectious agent, or other foreign or endogenous substance. Its pathophysiology includes immune complex deposition and a wide range of skin lesions. Hypersensitivity or allergy is present in some but not all cases.	Angiitis, Hypersensitivity,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis,Hypersensitivity Angiitis,Hypersensitivity Vasculitis,Vasculitis, Hypersensitivity,Allergic Cutaneous Angiitis,Allergic Cutaneous Vasculitis,Angiitis, Allergic Cutaneous,Cutaneous Allergic Vasculitis,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Angiitis,Vasculitis, Allergic Cutaneous,Allergic Cutaneous Angiitides,Allergic Cutaneous Vasculitides,Allergic Vasculitides, Cutaneous,Allergic Vasculitis, Cutaneous,Angiitides, Allergic Cutaneous,Angiitides, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Angiitides, Hypersensitivity,Angiitis, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Cutaneous Allergic Vasculitides,Cutaneous Angiitides, Allergic,Cutaneous Angiitis, Allergic,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Angiitides,Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic Vasculitides,Cutaneous Vasculitides, Allergic,Cutaneous Vasculitis, Allergic,Hypersensitivity Angiitides,Hypersensitivity Vasculitides,Leukocytoclastic Angiitides, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Angiitis, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Vasculitides, Cutaneous,Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis, Cutaneous,Vasculitides, Allergic Cutaneous,Vasculitides, Cutaneous Allergic,Vasculitides, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic,Vasculitides, Hypersensitivity,Vasculitis, Cutaneous Allergic,Vasculitis, Cutaneous Leukocytoclastic