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Livedo reticularis in type 2 lepra reaction: A rare presentation

open access: yesIndian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Interventions for erythema nodosum leprosum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
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
core   +6 more sources

Erythema nodosum as Leprosy reaction

open access: yesVestnik 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pretty leprosy: Another face of Hansen’s disease! A review

open access: yesEgyptian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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
core   +1 more source

Anetoderma - A hidden presentation of lepromatous leprosy

open access: yesClinical 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
doaj   +1 more source

The mortality associated with erythema nodosum leprosum in Ethiopia: a retrospective hospital-based study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +5 more sources

Histoid leprosy: Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Immunological Studies of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +1 more source

Leprosy in families: Clinicoepidemiological profile from a tertiary care centre

open access: yesIndian 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
doaj   +1 more source

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