1962
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1962.01590070080014
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Laennec and the "Prosector's Wart"

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“…TBVC is a form of secondary (reinfection) tuberculosis occurring in presensitized individuals possessing moderate/high degree of immunity. Prosector’s wart was the original name (Rene Laenne 1781–1826), 15 followed by verruca necrogenica (Samuel Wilson 1824–1911) 16 . It is also known as anatomic tubercle, lupus verrucosus and butchers’ wart 1 .…”
Section: To the Editormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…TBVC is a form of secondary (reinfection) tuberculosis occurring in presensitized individuals possessing moderate/high degree of immunity. Prosector’s wart was the original name (Rene Laenne 1781–1826), 15 followed by verruca necrogenica (Samuel Wilson 1824–1911) 16 . It is also known as anatomic tubercle, lupus verrucosus and butchers’ wart 1 .…”
Section: To the Editormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Cutaneous TB constitutes 1.5% of all cases of extra‐pulmonary tuberculosis 2 . Laennac's description of his own ‘prosecutor wart’ in 1826 was the first reported example of cutaneous TB 3 . This disease has a varied clinical presentation, determined by factors such as route of infection and cellular immune status of the host.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first report on cutaneous lesion caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis was dated 1826, when Laennec described and denominated as "pathologist's ulcer" (13), the lesions originated by accidental wounds during necropsy procedures in individuals whose deaths were caused by Tuberculosis. Afterwards, M. tuberculosis was related to cutaneous lesions with great diversity of clinical and histopathological aspects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%