De-novo Histoid Leprosy

Srinivasa V Murthy; Sudha M Rao; Keerti Mannan; Thejaswini

doi:10.4103/0974-2727.86844

Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2011; 3(02): 110-112
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2727.86844

Case Report

De-novo Histoid Leprosy

Srinivasa V Murthy

Department of Pathology, ESI-PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India

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Sudha M Rao

Department of Pathology, ESI-PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India

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Thejaswini,

Keerti Mannan

Department of Dermatology, ESI-PGIMSR, Rajajinagar, Bangalore, India

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ABSTRACT

Histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy with distinct clinical and histopathological features. It is a variant of lepromatous leprosy. It occurs in lepromatous patients, who relapse after dapsone monotherapy, in the presence of dapsone resistance or at times ′de-novo′. We describe here a case of histoid leprosy, clinically mimicking neurofibromatosis.

Keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology - histoid Hansen - lepromatous leprosy

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