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Papular Tuberculids Post‐BCG Vaccination
Author(s) -
Figueiredo Américo,
PoiaresBaptista A.,
Branco Mário,
Mota H. Cscarmona
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1987.tb00191.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculin , dermatology , vaccination , tuberculin test , complication , tuberculosis , pathology , surgery
A 3‐month‐old child with a grossly symmetrical monomorphic papular acral‐located skin eruption, a voluminous lymphadenopathy post‐BCC vaccination, and hepatomegaly was seen. The diagnoses of Gianotti‐Crosti's syndrome and generalized tuberculous infection have been discarded. The appearance of these lesions 48 hours after a tuberculin patch test, their tuberculoid structure, and the absence of any systemic involvement favored the diagnosis of papular tuberculids, a rarely reported complication of BCC vaccination.