00813nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042700001100054245006300065856005400128300001000182490000700192520048000199       2012                            d1 aChang M1 aChoi P00aLepromatous leprosy: a case simulating verrucous carcinoma  uhttp://medcomhk.com/hkdvb/pdf/2012v20n077-081.pdf  a77-810 v203 aA 59-year-old immigrant from China presented with a rapidly-enlarging exophytic growth on his
left heel for 4 months. He was also found to have peripheral neuropathy, Charcot's joint, diffuse
erythematous papules and acquired ichthyosis. Classical histologic features of leprosy were noted,
together with atypical verrucoid proliferation. The diagnosis of lepromatous leprosy was made
after clinical-pathological correlation and confirmation by polymerase chain reaction.