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Dermatomicoses/diagnóstico , Dermatoses Faciais/microbiologia , Histoplasmose/diagnóstico , Doenças da Laringe/microbiologia , Idoso , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Dermatomicoses/complicações , Histoplasmose/complicações , Histoplasmose/tratamento farmacológico , Humanos , Itraconazol/uso terapêutico , MasculinoRESUMO
Leprosy is a granulomatous disease that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nerves. It is caused by infection with mycobacterium leprae or mycobacterium lepromatosus. In most instances, diagnosis of leprosy can easily be made based on the clinical signs and symptoms. However, when patients present with atypical features, clinical diagnosis can be a challenge. We report a case of a nursing mother with lepromatous leprosy who presented with dysphonia and skin lesions initially thought to be a deep cutaneous mycosis.
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Disfonia/etiologia , Doenças da Laringe/diagnóstico , Hanseníase Virchowiana/diagnóstico , Adulto , Aleitamento Materno , Disfonia/microbiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Doenças da Laringe/microbiologia , Hanseníase Virchowiana/complicaçõesRESUMO
Leprosy (Hansen's disease) is a chronic, systemic, granulomatous infection in man caused by the acid-fast organism Mycobacterium leprae, which has a predilection for the skin, the peripheral nervous system, and the mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. The organism establishes a stable host-parasite relationship that is usually not fatal but that is potentially mutilating....