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"Reactions in Leprosy: Updated Insights Into Pathophysiology, Clinical Spectrum, and Therapeutic Approaches-A Narrative Review". [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Reaction in leprosy is an immune‐mediated acute inflammatory episodes that occur in the natural course of Hansen's disease. Reaction can occur before, during, or after starting multidrug therapy and is a major cause of nerve damage, morbidity, and disability in affected individuals.
Gupta B, Singh M, Goldust M, Das K, Gorai S, Pudasaini P, Sitaula S, Pokhrel A, Thapa E, Jaiswal S.   +9 more
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Type 2 Lepra Reaction Following Antituberculosis Treatment Initiation in an Elderly Male With Coexisting Hansen's Disease: A Case Report. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We report a case of a man developing erythema nodosum leprosum after initiating treatment for drug‐susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis. This highlights the importance of recognising concomitant leprosy in patients with tuberculosis since these mycobacterial infections require different long‐term multidrug regimens.
Villanueva CAG, Ortiz YRH, Mojica WP, Albay AB.   +3 more
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Coexistence of Scrofuloderma and Lepromatous Leprosy in Reaction: A Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) are both chronic granulomatous infections caused by bacilli of the genus Mycobacterium. The simultaneous occurrence of cutaneous tuberculosis and leprosy is rare. We report a 56‐year‐old male presenting with painful erythematous nodules and plaques over the face and extremities for 1 week, along with asymptomatic ...
Khadka A, Mishra P, Shrestha A, Chaulagain G.   +3 more
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Demyelinating Leprosy Neuropathy: An Unusual and Misleading Electrophysiological Pattern. [PDF]

Muscle Nerve
ABSTRACT Introduction/Aims Peripheral neuropathy, especially mononeuropathy multiplex, is a frequent manifestation of leprosy. Electrodiagnostic studies (EDX) usually show predominant axonal involvement. In this study, we report patients with prominent demyelinating abnormalities consistent with the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating ...
Foucard C, Jachiet M, Viala K, Maisonobe T, Fargeot G.   +4 more
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Ein seltener Fall von lepromatöser Lepra in Deutschland [PDF]

J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, Volume 23, Issue 11, Page 1454-1457, November 2025.
Saternus R, Bretzel G, Tsulaia T, Burckhardt K, Yordanova K, Müller S, Jahn S, Vogt T, Schneitler S.   +8 more
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Lepra familiar

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2001
La lepra es entre cinco y diez veces más frecuente entre los convivientes de enfermos multibacilares. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar el estudio de una mujer de 22 años con lepra lepromatosa, que condujo a la investigación de la enfermedad en ...
Richard Arrieta, María Teresa Garcés, Nelly Ordóñez, Santiago Fadul, Rafael Pinto, Gerzaín Rodríguez   +5 more
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Utilización de análisis de imágenes para cuantificar células dendríticas S100 positivas en piel con lepra.

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2003
Se realizó un análisis morfométrico de células dendríticas de piel, que incluyó la determinación de la cantidad y el área ocupada, empleando un anticuerpo anti-S100 en biopsias de pacientes con diferentes tipos de lepra.
Luz H. Camargo, María Leonor Caldas, Marcela Neira, Ladys Sarmiento   +3 more
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Fenómeno de Lucio en paciente con lepra lepromatosa con tratamiento multidroga incompleto

Correo Científico Médico, 2021
El fenómeno de Lucio es una enfermedad poco frecuente, subdiagnosticada la cual ocurre en la Lepra de Lucio y Latapí, la forma más anérgica de la lepra lepromatosa.
Tamara Maria Diaz Alcorta, María Teresa Flores Guillot, Paola Damaris Aranibar Benito, Yohorlin M Céspedes Fonseca, Sonia Peregrín Rodríguez   +4 more
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Five years of hanseniasis control activities in the cape verde islands based on the omslep system

Hansenologia Internationalis, 1985
After some general informations about the use of the OMSLEP System in the National HanseniasisControl Program of the Republic of Cape Verde the author presents some operational and epidemiological indices produced by the System, adding a short ...
Alessandro LORETTI
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Lepra reaction mimicking prosthetic joint infection following total hip replacement: An unusual complication

Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation, 2015
Joint replacement is a highly effective intervention that significantly improves patients' quality of life. Infection is a dreadful complication in total hip replacement (THR). Managing the prosthetic joint infection is a difficult task for surgeon.
Alok C Agrawal, Bikas Sahoo, Harshal Sakle   +2 more
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