Tuberculosis cutis verrucosa
Last Updated: 2023-07-07
Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.
ICD11: 1B12.8
Last Updated: 2023-07-07
Author(s): Anzengruber F., Navarini A.
ICD11: 1B12.8
Riehl and Paltauf 1886.
Tuberculum anatomicum, butcher's tubercle, verruca necrogenica, warty skin tuberculosis, light tubercle.
Butchers, veterinarians, farmers, anatomists and pathologists are particularly affected.
The infection occurs through small skin lesions after a patient has already undergone a primary tuberculous complex.
Erythematous papules with surrounding inflammation, which are progressive peripherally and heal centrally with scarring.
Locoregional lymph node adenopathy.
To exclude systemic involvement:
Hands and feet.
Tuberculoid structures without caseation, pseudoabscesses, pseudoepitheliomatous widening of the epidermis with hyper- and parakeratosis.
Excision.
Therapy regimen:
Induction phase (2 months):
Consolidation phase:
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