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.
BT - Case reports in dermatological medicine C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802526 DA - 01/2020 DO - 10.1155/2020/8847310 J2 - Case Rep Dermatol Med LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 2020 EP - 8847310 T2 - Case reports in dermatological medicine TI - Multibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411477/pdf/CRIDM2020-8847310.pdf VL - 2020 SN - 2090-6463 ER -