Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion

The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy presenti...

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Autores principales: Brandão, Letícia Stella Gardini, Marques, Gabriela Franco, Barreto, Jaison Antônio, Coelho, Ana Paula Cota Pinto, Serrano, Ana Paula de Paiva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015
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Images in Tropical Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26131879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153401
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author Brandão, Letícia Stella Gardini
Marques, Gabriela Franco
Barreto, Jaison Antônio
Coelho, Ana Paula Cota Pinto
Serrano, Ana Paula de Paiva
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description The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion. The lesion persisted after treatment with paucibacillary multidrug therapy.
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spelling pubmed-45160972015-07-28 Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion Brandão, Letícia Stella Gardini Marques, Gabriela Franco Barreto, Jaison Antônio Coelho, Ana Paula Cota Pinto Serrano, Ana Paula de Paiva An Bras Dermatol Images in Tropical Dermatology The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion. The lesion persisted after treatment with paucibacillary multidrug therapy. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4516097/ /pubmed/26131879 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153401 Text en © 2015 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Marques, Gabriela Franco
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Coelho, Ana Paula Cota Pinto
Serrano, Ana Paula de Paiva
Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
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title_full Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
title_fullStr Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
title_full_unstemmed Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
title_short Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
title_sort tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
topic Images in Tropical Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516097/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26131879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153401
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