01228nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001260006300042653001400105100001600119245006800135856023700203300001200440490000800452520058500460022002501045       2026                            d  c04/2026bAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene10aDiagnosis1 aScollard DM00aM. leprae, M. lepromatosis, and Leprosy: Surprises and Surmises  uhttps://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.ajtmh.org/downloadpdf/view/journals/tpmd/114/6/article-p997.pdf&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoTMzY3ODQxMTc0NDQyNzQ1NTA3OTIbN2Y0NTY2ZTQ4YWFiMDdkYjpubDplbjpOTDpM&usg=AOvVaw188IN2lySle6Qxp1sluwkr  a997-9980 v1143 a<p>In the clinic, the diagnosis of leprosy is often a surprise, as seen in the case report from Olson et al., reported in this issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.1They report the diagnosis of leprosy in a 75-year-old man who presented with a slowly growing erythematous plaque on his thigh, followed by nodular lesions that ulcerated. He lived in the Pacific northwest of the United States and Canada, and had no history of foreign travel or contact with any known case of leprosy. He had a long history of hunting but no contact with armadillos.</p>
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