@article{24919,
  keywords = {Type 2 reaction, Liver, leprosy, India, Child},
  author = {Mendiratta V and Malik M and Gurtoo A and Chander R},
  title = {Fulminant hepatic failure in a 15 year old boy with borderline lepromatous leprosy and Type 2 reaction.},
  abstract = {<p>The liver is the most frequently affected visceral organ in leprosy, particularly in the multibacillary group. Administration of hepatotoxic drugs may also affect liver function. We report the case of a male patient, diagnosed as borderline lepromatous leprosy with Type 2 reaction, who was managed with multibacillary multidrug therapy and steroids, and who then developed acute hepatitis and succumbed to sudden cardiac death. Although erythema nodosum leprosum has been described as a rare cause of death in the literature, such an occurrence in the present era when leprosy has been eliminated needs a special mention.</p>
},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {85},
  pages = {54-57},
  url = {https://leprosyreview.org/article/85/1/00-1766},
  language = {eng},
}