Papular tuberculids post-BCG vaccination.
A 3-month-old child with a grossly symmetrical monomorphic papular acral-located skin eruption, a voluminous lymphadenopathy post-BCG vaccination, and hepatomegaly was seen. The diagnoses of Gianotti-Crosti's syndrome and generalized tuberculous infection have been discarded. The appearance of these lesions 48 hours after a tuberculin patch test, their tuberculoid structure, and the absence of any systemic involvement favored the diagnosis of papular tuberculids, a rarely reported complication of BCG vaccination.
D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000517:prevention & control
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