A case is reported of a patient presenting lymph node tuberculosis and cutaneous
lesions resembling papulonecrotic tuberculid, but histologically compatible with
perforating granuloma annulare and which responded satisfactorily to antituberculous
therapy. This is probably one of the first reports of the association of perforating
granuloma annulare and tuberculosis, and it is important therefore to highlight the
relevance of this disorder in the differential diagnosis of papulonecrotic tuberculid
and to raise the hypothesis that this entity should also be considered to be a
variant of tuberculid.
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