TY - JOUR
KW - Perineurovascular lymphocytic infiltrate
KW - Paucibacillary leprosy
KW - Morphea
KW - leprosy
AU - Kac B
AU - Pires C
AU - Delgado J
AU - Cavalcanti M
AB - Clinically and histopathologically paucibacillary leprosy shows similar features with initial morphea. In this case we report a 24 yr-old male patient who presented to our dermatology department with diagnosed paucibacillary leprosy by his local dermatologist, and confirmed by perineurovascular lymphocytic infiltrate in the histopathological exam. On physical examination we found new plaque lesions that were suggestive of morphea with alteration of sensitivity. A new biopsy was performed showing sclerotic superficial dermis with thickening of the collagen bundles in deep dermis and linear arrays lymphocytic infiltrate between the collagen bundles that confirm the diagnosis of morphea.
BT - Indian Journal of Dermatology
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372229
DA - 01/2013
DO - 10.4103/0019-5154.105325
IS - 1
J2 - Indian J Dermatol
LA - eng
N2 - Clinically and histopathologically paucibacillary leprosy shows similar features with initial morphea. In this case we report a 24 yr-old male patient who presented to our dermatology department with diagnosed paucibacillary leprosy by his local dermatologist, and confirmed by perineurovascular lymphocytic infiltrate in the histopathological exam. On physical examination we found new plaque lesions that were suggestive of morphea with alteration of sensitivity. A new biopsy was performed showing sclerotic superficial dermis with thickening of the collagen bundles in deep dermis and linear arrays lymphocytic infiltrate between the collagen bundles that confirm the diagnosis of morphea.
PY - 2013
EP - 85
T2 - Indian Journal of Dermatology
TI - Morphea simulating paucibacillary leprosy clinically and histopathologically
UR - http://www.e-ijd.org/currentissue.asp?sabs=n
VL - 58
ER -