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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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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, Parimalam Kumar, Bhackiya Shree Vijayan, B Yuvapriya   +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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Role of S-100 Immunostaining in Demonstration of Nerve Changes and Quantification of Dendritic Cells in Leprosy [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Background: A definitive diagnosis of leprosy is based on a demonstration of either acid-fast bacilli or nerve elements within the granulomas. On routine hematoxylin and eosin stains, the nerve fibers are not easily identifiable. In this study, S-100
Anand Mohanraj, Sowmya Srinivasan
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Laparoscopic Aspects of Lepromatous Leprosy [PDF]

Endoscopy, 1980
The authors performed laparoscopy on eight patients (six females and two males) with lepromatous leprosy. The findings show that goose flesh hepatomegaly (100% of the cases), and red or gray splenomegaly (75% of the cases) can be considered as laparoscopic hallmarks of lepromatous leprosy.
Herrerías Gutiérrez, Juan Manuel, Ariza, A., Garrido, M.   +2 more
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Double trouble: a case of von Recklinghausen’s disease with coexistent lepromatous leprosy

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2011
Leprosy (or Hansen disease) is a tropical disease which affects the skin and nerves leading to deformities and disabilities. Von Recklinghausen's disease (neurofibromatosis 1) is a well-recognized genetic disorder with both cutaneous and systemic ...
Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan, Kaliaperumal Latchoumibady, Srinivasan Sowmya   +2 more
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Lepromatous leprosy

Dermatology Online Journal, 2008
Lepromatous leprosy is a form of chronic granulomatous disease that is caused by infection with Mycobacterium leprae. Early involvement is marked by widespread, ill-defined, erythematous papules and plaques. With early intervention, leprosy is a curable disease; however, if not recognized and treated promptly, permanent sequelae and disability result ...
Mahlberg, Matthew J, Levis, William R
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