Objective: To report the case of an adult patient, male, with diabetes mellitus and affected by leprosy. Case report: In the case reported, the patient is diabetic in irregular treatment and without periodic medical follow-up, which allowed the development of a characteristic picture of a consequent complication of the disease, the "diabetic foot", superimposed on the neurological sequelae of leprosy. Leprosy is caused by the M. leprae bacillus, which is tropism by skin cells and peripheral nerves, causing painless skin lesions. Final considerations: Until the present moment of the article's elaboration, the patient is undergoing polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy, rigorous glycemic control and rehabilitation.
BT - Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde DO - 10.25248/reas.e550.2019 IS - 21 J2 - Acervo Saúde LA - por N2 -Objective: To report the case of an adult patient, male, with diabetes mellitus and affected by leprosy. Case report: In the case reported, the patient is diabetic in irregular treatment and without periodic medical follow-up, which allowed the development of a characteristic picture of a consequent complication of the disease, the "diabetic foot", superimposed on the neurological sequelae of leprosy. Leprosy is caused by the M. leprae bacillus, which is tropism by skin cells and peripheral nerves, causing painless skin lesions. Final considerations: Until the present moment of the article's elaboration, the patient is undergoing polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy, rigorous glycemic control and rehabilitation.
PY - 2019 T2 - Revista Eletrônica Acervo Saúde TI - Masked diagnosis for diabetic neuropathy in leprosy case TT - Relato de caso: diagnóstico mascarado pela neuropatia diabética em um caso de hanseníase ER -