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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.

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