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Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, 2015 Lepromatous leprosy is usually generalized at diagnosis and may consist of erythematous macules, papules and nodules containing abundant Mycobacterium leprae and affecting wide spread areas of the skin.
Khalid M. Alwunais
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Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2010 We studied the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with leprosy and the effects of co-infection on the immune response to Helicobacter antigens in the polar groups of leprosy (lepromatous and tuberculoid).
Neluka Fernando +3 more
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Livedo reticularis in type 2 lepra reaction: A rare presentation
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 Type 2 lepra reaction or erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is an immune complex syndrome that occurs mostly in lepromatous leprosy and sometimes in borderline lepromatous leprosy patients.
Kikkeri Narayanasetty Naveen +3 more
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Pretty leprosy: Another face of Hansen’s disease! A review
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014 Pretty leprosy is one of the rare severe forms of lepromatous leprosy. It is a reaction pattern that occurs in untreated pure primitive diffuse lepromatous leprosy or lepromatous leprosy.
P. Prem Anand +4 more
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Erythema nodosum as Leprosy reaction
Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii, 2020 Purpose.To present a clinical case of leprosy exacerbation on the background of ongoing therapy. Materials and methods.A 52-year-old patient with a diagnosis of "lepromatous (cutaneous) leprosy, leprosy LL" (multi-bacterial leprosy, lepromatous form ...
Viktoria G. Semenova +2 more
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Anetoderma - A hidden presentation of lepromatous leprosy
Clinical Dermatology Review, 2023 Anetodermas is a rare disorder of connective tissue associated with a circumscribed area of slack skin associated with focal loss of elastin. This correlates with the clinical observation of atrophy and “buttonhole” sign or herniation phenomenon ...
Sruthi Kareddy, C Nikitha, P Mamatha
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Histoid leprosy: Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2012 Histoid leprosy is a distinct variant of lepromatous leprosy. It presents clinically as well demarcated cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules similar to dermatofibroma.
Sunita Y Patil, Rajeev A Malipatil
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Leprosy in families: Clinicoepidemiological profile from a tertiary care centre
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2017 Objectives: The primary objective of this retrospective study was to determine the prevalence of leprosy in families, and the secondary objective was to study the clinicoepidemiological features of leprosy in families.
Sukumaran Pradeep Nair
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Verrucous lepromatous leprosy: a rare form of presentation - Report on two cases [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2014 Leprosy skin lesions are described as hypochromic or erythematous macules, pale erythematous or reddish-brown plaques, papules, nodules, and diffuse cutaneous infiltration, depending on the clinical form of the disease. They may be accompanied by hypo or
Marcelo Zanolli Medeiros +5 more
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Borderline lepromatous leprosy: A case report
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical MedicineRationale: Lepromatous leprosy can have many atypical presentations, obscuring early diagnosis. We present a case of lepromatous leprosy, presenting with atypical features, which made a diagnostic dilemma.
Nilshan Fernando +3 more
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