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
tuberculid
papulonecrotic tuberculid a grouped, symmetric eruption of symptomless papules, appearing in successive crops and healing spontaneously with superficially depressed scars.
tu·ber·cu·lid (t -bûr ky -l d)n. A lesion of the skin or of mucous membrane resulting from sensitization to the tubercle bacillus. |
tuberculid
[t(y)o̅o̅bur′kyəlid]
recurrent skin or mucous membrane lesions in which the tubercle bacillus is absent. It is the result of sensitivity to mycobacterial antigens in patients with tuberculosis.
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.
tuberculid
A non-infectious skin lesion due to hypersensitivity to Mycobacterium spp Types Papulonecrotic tuberculid, characterized by symmetrical waves of sterile papules with central ulceration and obliterative vasculitis; lichen
scrofulosorum–groups of tiny, sarcoid-like red papules
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