tuberculosis cutis verrucosa

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tu·ber·cu·lo·sis cu·tis ver·ru·co·sa

a tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base seen on the hands in adults and lower extremities in children, with marked hypersensitivity to tuberculous antigens.
See also: postmortem wart.
Synonym(s): tuberculous wart

tuberculosis cutis verrucosa

(1) Cutaneous tuberculosis, exogenous inoculation type; lupus vulgaris. 
(2) Prosector's wart, see there.

tu·ber·cu·lo·sis cu·tis ver·ru·co·sa

(tū-bĕr'kyū-lō'sis kyū'tis ver'rū-kō'să)
A tuberculous skin lesion having a warty surface with a chronic inflammatory base.
See also: postmortem wart
Synonym(s): tuberculous wart.
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