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- Overview
- Prevention
A tubercle is a small rounded point of a bone. It also refers to a
The term "tubercle" is less commonly used to refer to skin irritation resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection.
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Tubercle Prevention
Review Date: 02/20/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
