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- noun pathology a
rash , Verruca necrogenica, of small, red papular nodules in the skin caused by inoculation with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent person.
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"Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis (also known as Lupus verrucosus, Prosector's wart, and Warty tuberculosis) is a rash of small, red papular nodules in the skin that may appear 2-4 weeks after inoculation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent individual.
It is so called because it was a common occupational disease of prosectors, the preparers of dissections and autopsies." (Wikipedia)
November 27, 2011