tuberculid /tu·ber·cu·lid/ (-lid) recurrent eruptions of the skin usually characterized by spontaneous involution; considered by some authorities to be hyperergic reactions to mycobacteria or their antigens.
tuberculid [too-ber´ku-lid]
papulonecrotic tuberculid a grouped, symmetric eruption of symptomless papules, appearing in successive crops and healing spontaneously with superficially depressed scars.
pap·u·lo·ne·crot·ic tuberculid (p p y -l -n-kr t  k)n. A chronic form of cutaneous tuberculosis caused by an allergic reaction to the tubercle bacillus, characterized by dusky-red papules primarily on the extremities that become crusty and ulcerated. |
tuberculid [too-ber´ku-lid]
any of a group of conditions involving recurrent eruptions of the skin, usually characterized by spontaneous involution; it includes erythema induratum, lichen scrofulosorum, and papulonecrotic tuberculid, and sometimes also lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei.
papulonecrotic tuberculid a grouped symmetric eruption of symptomless papules appearing in successive crops and healing spontaneously with superficially depressed scars, which occur chiefly on the extensor surface of the extremities in infants, children, and young adults.
tuberculid
a papular skin eruption usually attributed to allergy to tuberculosis.
papulonecrotic tuberculid
an eruption of crops of deep-seated papules or nodules, with central necrosis or ulceration.
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