The liver is the most frequently affected visceral organ in leprosy, particularly in the multibacillary group. Administration of hepatotoxic drugs may also affect liver function. We report the case of a male patient, diagnosed as borderline lepromatous leprosy with Type 2 reaction, who was managed with multibacillary multidrug therapy and steroids, and who then developed acute hepatitis and succumbed to sudden cardiac death. Although erythema nodosum leprosum has been described as a rare cause of death in the literature, such an occurrence in the present era when leprosy has been eliminated needs a special mention.
BT - Leprosy review C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24974443
IS - 1 J2 - Lep Rev LA - eng N2 -The liver is the most frequently affected visceral organ in leprosy, particularly in the multibacillary group. Administration of hepatotoxic drugs may also affect liver function. We report the case of a male patient, diagnosed as borderline lepromatous leprosy with Type 2 reaction, who was managed with multibacillary multidrug therapy and steroids, and who then developed acute hepatitis and succumbed to sudden cardiac death. Although erythema nodosum leprosum has been described as a rare cause of death in the literature, such an occurrence in the present era when leprosy has been eliminated needs a special mention.
PY - 2014 SP - 54 EP - 57 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Fulminant hepatic failure in a 15 year old boy with borderline lepromatous leprosy and Type 2 reaction. UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/85/1/00-1766 VL - 85 ER -