Papulonecrotic tuberculids
a case report
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https://doi.org/10.5712/rbmfc15(42)1980Keywords:
Tuberculosis Cutaneous, Hypersensitivity, Delayed, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculin.Abstract
The tuberculids are cutaneous hypersensitivity reactions to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. This is the case of a 45-year-old woman who sought the Basic Health Unit (BHU) with erythema nodosum with a 10-year evolution, of unknown etiology, that evolved as nodules in the neck and limbs, which became necrotic ulcers, cicatrized and recurred periodically. Biopsies of the lesions revealed a granulomatous inflammatory process with extensive necrosis, suggestive of tuberculosis, but without the presence of the bacillus. After years without adequate treatment, the hypothesis of papulonecrotic tuberculids finally arose. The patient started treatment with the basic regimen (2RHZE/4RH) and vaccine desensitization, receiving discharge by cure.
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