Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager

Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-y...

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Autores principales: Parajuli, Niraj, Shrestha, Shraddha, Lama, Laila, Shrestha, Rushma, Tiwari, Sumida, Karki, Anupama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8847310
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author Parajuli, Niraj
Shrestha, Shraddha
Lama, Laila
Shrestha, Rushma
Tiwari, Sumida
Karki, Anupama
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description Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old young girl who presented with fever, joint pain, and only three anetodermic plaques. A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. This case is unique since multibacillary leprosy presented with only few anetoderma lesions in a young teenager girl from a leprosy-eliminated country.
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spelling pubmed-74114772020-08-13 Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager Parajuli, Niraj Shrestha, Shraddha Lama, Laila Shrestha, Rushma Tiwari, Sumida Karki, Anupama Case Rep Dermatol Med Case Report Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old young girl who presented with fever, joint pain, and only three anetodermic plaques. A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. This case is unique since multibacillary leprosy presented with only few anetoderma lesions in a young teenager girl from a leprosy-eliminated country. Hindawi 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7411477/ /pubmed/32802526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8847310 Text en Copyright © 2020 Niraj Parajuli et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8847310
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