Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy Associated with Histoid Leprosy

Coexistence of two immunologically diverse forms of leprosy in an individual is very rare. Herein, we report a case of association of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy with histoid leprosy (HL) in a young immune competent male. He was diagnosed as a case of BT leprosy 10 years ago and now presente...

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Autor principal: Rao, Angoori Gnaneshwar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27688462
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.190130
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description Coexistence of two immunologically diverse forms of leprosy in an individual is very rare. Herein, we report a case of association of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy with histoid leprosy (HL) in a young immune competent male. He was diagnosed as a case of BT leprosy 10 years ago and now presented with multiple papules and nodules. Histopathological examination of biopsy taken from patch and nodule showed features of BT and HL, respectively.
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spelling pubmed-50292592016-09-29 Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy Associated with Histoid Leprosy Rao, Angoori Gnaneshwar Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Coexistence of two immunologically diverse forms of leprosy in an individual is very rare. Herein, we report a case of association of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy with histoid leprosy (HL) in a young immune competent male. He was diagnosed as a case of BT leprosy 10 years ago and now presented with multiple papules and nodules. Histopathological examination of biopsy taken from patch and nodule showed features of BT and HL, respectively. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5029259/ /pubmed/27688462 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.190130 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy Associated with Histoid Leprosy
title_full_unstemmed Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy Associated with Histoid Leprosy
title_short Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy Associated with Histoid Leprosy
title_sort borderline tuberculoid leprosy associated with histoid leprosy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5029259/
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