We report the case of a 27-year-old man who presents facial tuberculid of the type lichen scrofulosorum. This presentation stimulates interest in those aspects which cutaneous lesions associated with tuberculosis can manifest. As a consequence of the growing poverty and the flow of new immigrants into our industrialized regions, this pathology is becoming more frequent today.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.