Catalog

Acute miliary cutaneous tuberculosis

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Acute miliary cutaneous tuberculosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2106294878

Acute miliary cutaneous tuberculosis is a disseminated form of tuberculosis due to haematogenous spread. It may be a component of generalised miliary tuberculosis but the underlying disease may not be manifest. Profuse crops of minute bluish papules, nodules, vesicles or pustules develop; some may become necrotic to form small ulcers. Young children or immunosuppressed patients are at particular risk.