00819nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001260004400042100001400086700001000100700001300110245002900123856005700152300001000209490000600219050001600225520038200241022001400623       2011                            d  c2011 JulbMedknow PublicationsaMumbai 1 aMurthy SV1 aRao S1 aMannan K00aDe-novo histoid leprosy.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249706/  a110-20 v3  aMURTHY 20113 a<p>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.</p>  a0974-7826