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Livedo reticularis in type 2 lepra reaction: A rare presentation
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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Interventions for erythema nodosum leprosum [PDF]
Background Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a serious immunological complication of leprosy, causing inflammation of skin, nerves, other organs, and general malaise.
Almeida Neto +78 more
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Erythema nodosum as Leprosy reaction
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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Pretty leprosy: Another face of Hansen’s disease! A review
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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Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients [PDF]
Objectives: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients. Study design: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1).
Alirezaei, Somayeh +6 more
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Anetoderma - A hidden presentation of lepromatous leprosy
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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The mortality associated with erythema nodosum leprosum in Ethiopia: a retrospective hospital-based study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a debilitating multisystem disorder which complicates leprosy. It is characterised by fever, malaise and painful erythematous cutaneous nodules.
Doni, Shimelis N +4 more
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Histoid leprosy: Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis
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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A Systematic Review of Immunological Studies of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum. [PDF]
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a painful inflammatory complication of leprosy occurring in 50% of lepromatous leprosy patients and 5-10% of borderline lepromatous patients.
Abalos +228 more
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Leprosy in families: Clinicoepidemiological profile from a tertiary care centre
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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