Unusual Clinical Manifestations of Cutaneous Tuberculosis

Abstract

Abstract Two unusual patients with multifocal guttate tuberculosis verrucosa cutis and necklace lupus vulgaris are described. An endeavour was made to explain these manifestations through percentages of T‐lymphocytes T 4 and T 8 in the peripheral blood. Mantoux tests indicating cell‐mediated immunity were strongly positive in both cases; leucocyte migration inhibition test (LMIT) values were, however, relatively low. The latter result also indicates good cell‐mediated immunity.