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RESUMEN En este estudio del caso, los autores discuten la presentación de un varón de 56 años, con lepra lepromatosa multibacilar, localizado en un hospital del distrito de Trujillo. La biopsia de una de las lesiones, demostró infiltraciones difusas por macrófagos espumosos en toda su extensión; con la tinción de Ziehl - Neelsen se encuentran: bacilos ácido-alcohol resistentes sueltos o empaquetados en grupos, con índice bacilar: 6. La condición se manejó inicialmente en la comunidad como un "pénfigo ampolloso", sugiriendo que las barreras locales actualmente impiden la detección de la lepra en este sistema de atención primaria, en desarrollo. La lepra es una enfermedad multisistémica y el paciente demostró alteraciones neurológicas periféricas evidentes. Promover el conocimiento de estas manifestaciones sistémicas, evitará un retraso en el diagnóstico, a su vez disminuirá las complicaciones y eludirá la morbilidad a largo plazo. Los esfuerzos para optimizar los sistemas de detección, gestión, educación pública y profesional son esenciales, para impulsar la erradicación en estas poblaciones en riesgo.
SUMMARY In this case study, the authors discuss the presentation of a 56-year-old male in a hospital in the Trujillo district with lepromatous multibacillary leprosy. The biopsy of one of the lesions showed diffuse infiltrations by foamy macrophages in all its extension, with the stain of Ziehl - Neelsen bacilli acid resistant alcohol loose or packaged in groups, the bacilar index: 6. The condition was initially managed in the community as a "bullous pemphigus" that suggests that local barriers currently prevent the detection of leprosy in this developing primary care system. Leprosy is a multisystem disease and the patient demonstrated evident peripheral neurological alterations. Promoting the knowledge of these systemic manifestations will avoid a delay in the diagnosis, in turn will reduce complications and avoid long-term morbidity. Efforts to optimize detection systems, management and public and professional education are essential to promote eradication in these populations at risk.
ABSTRACT
In the Regional Hospital "Victor Lazarte Echegaray" of Trujillo, Perú, it was made a study in order to determine the frequency of the acanthosis nigricans, associate to cancer (malignant acanthosis nigricans), during january 1978 to october 1983, and a case was founded in a patient of 62 years old, who had advanced adenocarcinoma gastric of one year and a half of evolution. The dermatosis was manifested with the neoplasia, which corresponds to a generalized form, with hyperkeratosis palmo plantar, with whole loss of the axillary hair and only part of the pubic region, the mucous membranes were not affected. The patient survived 3 months after the diagnostic were made.