Atypical Papulonecrotic Skin Manifestation by Lepromatous Leprosy
Annals of Dermatology
; : 143-146, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
Leprosy is a multisystemic infectious disease showing various cutaneous manifestations by the reaction between Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and host immunity. We de-scribe a 20-year-old woman with clinical multiple papulonecrotic skin eruptions resembling papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) and pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA). This kind of skin eruption is a new manifestation which has not been reported so far in lepromatous leprosy (LL).
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Assunto principal:
Pele
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Manifestações Cutâneas
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Tuberculose Cutânea
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Hanseníase Virchowiana
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Doenças Transmissíveis
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Pitiríase Liquenoide
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Hanseníase
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Mycobacterium leprae
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Female
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
1997
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Article