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Tuberculosis is still endemic in developing countries. In Morocco, thirty thousand new cases are recorded each year, cutaneous localization represents 1, 4 per cent. The aim of this work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of childhood cutaneous tuberculosis in Morocco. Patients and methods: It is a retrospective study including all cases of childhood cutaneous tuberculosis hospitalized in the dermatology department of the Ibn Sina hospital in Rabat, over a 11 years period. Results: Nine cases were collected. The mean age was 14 years. The clinical features are as follows: gumma [5 cases], scrofuloderma [3 cases], lupus vulgaris [1 case]. The Mantoux test was positive in 88 per cent, tuberculoid granuloma was observed in all the cases. All children responded to antimycobcterial chemotherapy. Conclusion: Gumma and scrofuloderma were the commonest forms found in Moroccan series