TY - JOUR
AU - Parajuli N
AU - Shrestha S
AU - Lama L
AU - Shrestha R
AU - Tiwari S
AU - Karki A
AB - <jats:p>Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old young girl who presented with fever, joint pain, and only three anetodermic plaques. A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. This case is unique since multibacillary leprosy presented with only few anetoderma lesions in a young teenager girl from a leprosy-eliminated country.</jats:p>
BT - Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
DO - 10.1155/2020/8847310
LA - eng
N2 - <jats:p>Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old young girl who presented with fever, joint pain, and only three anetodermic plaques. A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. This case is unique since multibacillary leprosy presented with only few anetoderma lesions in a young teenager girl from a leprosy-eliminated country.</jats:p>
PB - Hindawi Limited
PY - 2020
SP - 1
EP - 3
T2 - Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
TI - Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager
UR - http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/cridm/2020/8847310.pdf
VL - 2020
SN - 2090-6463, 2090-6471
ER -