Reports of leprosy during the first year of life are uncommon. In the early diagnosis, the spectrum for most of the children is reported to be largely confined to tuberculoid (TT), borderline tuberculoid (BT), mid-borderline (BB), and indeterminate forms of leprosy. We report a one-year-old female infant presenting numerous erythematous papules on her labium majus and pale flat macules on her chin and right cheek for about four months. A biopsy revealed changes typical for lepromatous leprosy (LL). Infantile leprosy and the route of transmission are discussed here.
BT - The Turkish journal of pediatrics C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21853663?dopt=Abstract C2 - Turkey CY - Ankara DA - 2011 Mar-Apr IS - 2 J2 - Turk. J. Pediatr. LA - eng N2 -Reports of leprosy during the first year of life are uncommon. In the early diagnosis, the spectrum for most of the children is reported to be largely confined to tuberculoid (TT), borderline tuberculoid (BT), mid-borderline (BB), and indeterminate forms of leprosy. We report a one-year-old female infant presenting numerous erythematous papules on her labium majus and pale flat macules on her chin and right cheek for about four months. A biopsy revealed changes typical for lepromatous leprosy (LL). Infantile leprosy and the route of transmission are discussed here.
PB - Hacettepe Medical Center PP - Ankara PY - 2011 SP - 213 EP - 5 T2 - The Turkish journal of pediatrics TI - Infantile lepromatous leprosy with vulvar localization. VL - 53 SN - 0041-4301 ER -