Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in a Patient with Borderline Lepromatous Leprosy: A Case Report [PDF]
Infectious Disease ReportsBackground: Leprosy, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, presents on a spectrum ranging from tuberculoid to lepromatous disease. Borderline lepromatous leprosy represents an unstable immunological state that predisposes patients to immune-mediated reactions,
Guido Chiriboga +4 more
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Borderline lepromatous leprosy with neurofibromatosis
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2010 The coexistence of leprosy with neurofibromatosis is rare both the diseases present with nerve thickening and skin lesions (patches and nodules). The coexistence of neurofibroma with borderline tuberculoid, lepromatous, histoid, and neuritic leprosy has ...
Angoori Gnaneshwar +2 more
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Lucio phenomenon: a case report on an overlooked reaction in lepromatous leprosy [PDF]
Dermatology ReportsOur patient presented with a 5-year history of chronic, asymptomatic papulonodular lesions on the extremities. The lesions spread to the face and earlobes, with new ulcerative lesions on both legs for the past 8 months.
Natsuda Sajjachareonpong +5 more
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Dermatology Online Journal, 2007 A 51-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of pruritic, erythematous papules and plaques on her arms that were treated as chronic urticaria. Histopathologic examination demonstrated acid-fast bacilli, and a diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy was made. Presentation and treatment of leprosy are reviewed.
Booth, Alexandria V, Kovich, Olympia I
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Lucio Phenomenon and APLA in Hansen’s Disease: A Rare Phenomenon [PDF]
Bengal Physician Journal, 2022 Lucio phenomenon (LP) is a rare reactional state seen in cases of diffuse lepromatous leprosy. Lucio leprosy is a pure, primitive, and diffuse form of lepromatous leprosy.
Jayanta Sharma +3 more
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T regulatory cells (TREG)(TCD4+CD25+FOXP3+) distribution in the different clinical forms of leprosy and reactional states [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2015 BACKGROUND: Leprosy is characterized histologically by a spectrum of different granulomatous skin lesions, reflecting patients' immune responses to Mycobacterium leprae.
José Napoleão Tavares Parente +3 more
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Increase in TGF-β secreting CD4⁺CD25⁺ FOXP3⁺ T regulatory cells in anergic lepromatous leprosy patients. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 BACKGROUND: Lepromatous leprosy caused by Mycobacterium leprae is associated with antigen specific T cell unresponsiveness/anergy whose underlying mechanisms are not fully defined.
Chaman Saini +2 more
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Expression of NLRP3 inflammasome in leprosy indicates immune evasion of Mycobacterium leprae [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2020 BACKGROUND Leprosy is an infectious-contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that remain endemic in 105 countries. This neglected disease has a wide range of clinical and histopathological manifestations that are related to the host ...
Ana Luisa Gomes Mendes +9 more
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Lucio Leprosy in Neglected Cases of Hansen’s Disease: A Series of Three Cases [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Lucio Leprosy is a rare form of Lepromatous leprosy, which normally occurs in chronic untreated patients of Hansen’s disease. Lucio phenomenon, was first reported from Mexico and henceforth commonly known as Mexican leprosy, but is now being ...
Rajkumar Kannan +3 more
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Leprosy in an Eight-Year-Old Child – An Exceptional Case with Unusual Oral Manifestation [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017 Leprosy is a contagious and granulomatous disease which is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The incubation period for leprosy is five to seven years and it can take as long as about 30 years before signs and symptoms of leprosy develop in some patients ...
Mayuri Jain
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