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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, Neetu Oommen, S. Sunil, M.S. Deepa, Mythri Potturu   +4 more
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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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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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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, Gunter Hans Filho, Luiz Carlos Takita, Carolina Faria Santos Vicari, Aline Blanco Barbosa, Daíne Vargas Couto   +5 more
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Human T cell responses to peptides of the Mycobacterium leprae 45-kD serine-rich antigen. [PDF]

, 2002
In order to identify T cell epitopes within the Mycobacterium leprae 45-kD serine-rich antigen, we analysed responses to overlapping 17-mer peptides encompassing the whole antigen in non-exposed UK controls, Pakistani leprosy patients and tuberculosis ...
Zafar, S, Dawood, G, Drijfhout, JW, Smith, S, Lopez, FV, Bothamley, G, Brahmbhatt, S, Hussain, R, Dockrell, HM, Ottenhoff, THM   +9 more
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Borderline lepromatous leprosy: A case report

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Rationale: 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, Chiranthi Welhenge, Ranjan Premaratna, Ahamed Uwyse   +3 more
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Human immunodeficiency virus and leprosy: an update.

, 2011
Coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has a major effect on the natural history of many infectious diseases, particularly mycobacterial diseases.
Lambert, Saba M, Saba M. Lambert, Diana N.J. Lockwood, Lockwood, Diana NJ   +3 more
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Analysis of antibody and cytokine markers for leprosy nerve damage and reactions in the INFIR cohort in India. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: The ILEP Nerve Function Impairment in Reaction (INFIR) is a cohort study designed to identify predictors of reactions and nerve function impairment (NFI) in leprosy.
Vidyagouri Shinde, Lavanya Suneetha, Karuna Devi, Wim H. van Brakel, Shinde, V., Suneetha Lavanya, Diana N J Lockwood, Jadhav, Rupendra, Nicholls Peter G., Peter G Nicholls, Chaduvula Meher Vani, Suneetha, L., Kamble Ravindra, Devi, K., Raju, Renuka, Jadhav Rupendra, Devi Karuna, Peter G. Nicholls, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Kamble, Ravindra, Lockwood, Diana NJ, Jadhav, R., Chaduvula, M.V., Suneetha, Sujai, Lockwood, D.N.J., Suneetha Sujai, Suneetha, Lavanya, van Brakel, Wim H, van Brakel Wim H., Wim H van Brakel, Raju, R., Suneetha, S., Devi, Karuna, Sujai Suneetha, Nicholls, Peter G, Kamble, R., Lockwood Diana N. J., Rupendra Jadhav, Nicholls, P.G., Shinde, Vidyagouri, Chaduvula, Meher Vani, Shinde Vidyagouri, van Brakel, W.H., Raju Renuka, Renuka Raju, Ravindra Kamble, Meher Vani Chaduvula   +46 more
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Diffuse lepromatous leprosy caused by dual infection of mycobacterium leprae and mycobacterium lepromatosis: A case report

Dermatology Reports, 2019
M. lepromatosis is the dominant cause of leprosy in Mexico and it co-exists with M. leprae in endemic areas as the once elusive second cause of leprosy. A 41-year-old Madurese woman came with multiple ulcer on her legs, hands and buttock. The ulcers were
Ridha Ramadina Widiatma, Hari Sukanto
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