A 55-year-old male presented with asymptomatic extensive skin lesions since one year. He was found to have diffuse lesions involving the face, trunk, arms, and thighs along with symmetric peripheral nerve thickening. Bacteriological and histopathological examination confirmed lepromatous leprosy. There was a conspicuous sparing of the abdominal creases and axillae from the infiltrative lesions suggesting a positive "deck-chair" sign. This sign has been described in the past with papulo-erythroderma of Ofuji and certain other disorders. Leprosy may be now included among the causes of "deck-chair" sign.
BT - Indian dermatology online journal C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26009719?dopt=Abstract
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DO - 10.4103/2229-5178.156408 IS - 3 J2 - Indian Dermatol Online J LA - eng N2 -
A 55-year-old male presented with asymptomatic extensive skin lesions since one year. He was found to have diffuse lesions involving the face, trunk, arms, and thighs along with symmetric peripheral nerve thickening. Bacteriological and histopathological examination confirmed lepromatous leprosy. There was a conspicuous sparing of the abdominal creases and axillae from the infiltrative lesions suggesting a positive "deck-chair" sign. This sign has been described in the past with papulo-erythroderma of Ofuji and certain other disorders. Leprosy may be now included among the causes of "deck-chair" sign.
PY - 2015 SP - 204 EP - 6 T2 - Indian dermatology online journal TI - Diffuse leprosy with "deck-chair" sign. UR - http://www.idoj.in/temp/IndianDermatolOnlineJ63204-2794018_074540.pdf VL - 6 SN - 2229-5178 ER -