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PAPULONECROTIC TUBERCULID WITH INFLAMMATORY NODULAR LESIONS OF THE LOWER LEG
Author(s) -
Yoshikawa Kunihiko,
Kimura Shigeru,
Mizuno Nobuyuki
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1985.tb02854.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , etiology , dermatology , pathology
Two cases of papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) with inflammatory nodules of the lower leg are reported. One is a 43‐year‐old woman with lymphadenitis tuberculosa, and the other is a 54‐year‐old man with penis tuberculid and epididymitis of possible tuberculous etiology. In both cases, PPD skin test was strongly positive, and antituberculous therapy was markedly effective. Although the theory of the etiology of PNT is changing due to the recent decrease in active tuberculosis, we think that one cause of so‐called PNT is still tuberculosis, at least in Japan.