Catalog

Papulonecrotic tuberculid

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Papulonecrotic tuberculid – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/78948929

Papulonecrotic tuberculid is characterised by widely scattered but symmetrically distributed crops of dusky red papules or papulopustules on the extensor surfaces of the limbs and on the buttocks. The centres of the papules may become necrotic before healing with scarring. It is associated with underlying tuberculous infection.