TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Biopsy
KW - Diagnosis, Differential
KW - Humans
KW - Leprosy, lepromatous
KW - Lymphoma, T-Cell
KW - Male
KW - Skin Neoplasms
AU - Walsh D S
AU - Prieto-Go D
AU - Abalos R M
AU - Tuur-Saunders S M
AU - Villahermosa L G
AU - Jabien Z
AU - Walsh G P
AU - Fajardo T T
AB - <p>We describe a 16-year-old Filipino boy who presented with skin lesions highly suggestive of lepromatous leprosy, but further assessment established a diagnosis of malignant T-cell lymphoma. This case emphasizes the extensive differential diagnosis of leprosy, as well as the importance of obtaining skin biopsies for diagnostic confirmation.</p>
BT - Clinical and experimental dermatology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11298109?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2001 Mar
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00788.x
IS - 2
J2 - Clin. Exp. Dermatol.
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We describe a 16-year-old Filipino boy who presented with skin lesions highly suggestive of lepromatous leprosy, but further assessment established a diagnosis of malignant T-cell lymphoma. This case emphasizes the extensive differential diagnosis of leprosy, as well as the importance of obtaining skin biopsies for diagnostic confirmation.</p>
PY - 2001
SP - 173
EP - 5
T2 - Clinical and experimental dermatology
TI - Malignant T-cell lymphoma mimicking lepromatous leprosy.
VL - 26
SN - 0307-6938
ER -