TY - JOUR
AU - Cachia M
AU - Dimech A
AU - Betts A
AU - Azzopardi CM
AU - Boffa MJ
AB - Leprosy is a granulomatous infection that was considered endemic in Malta up until being declared eradicated in 1999 thanks to the Malta Leprosy Eradication Programme. However, leprosy remains endemic in a number of low-to-middle income countries, and may be imported to non-endemic regions like Malta by migrants.  We report a case of a man from the Philippines  presenting with nodular lesions over the face, trunk and limbs and a hypoaesthetic patch over the arm. A skin biopsy supported the clinical suspicion of midline borderline/borderline  lepromatous  leprosy  and  triple  therapy  with clofazimine,  dapsone  and  rifampicin  was  initiated.  Despite  having  a wide  clinical  differential  diagnosis,  leprosy  must  always  be  kept  in mind  by  clinicians, especially when  treating  nationals  from endemic areas.
BT - Malta Medical Journal
IS - 1
LA - eng
N2 - Leprosy is a granulomatous infection that was considered endemic in Malta up until being declared eradicated in 1999 thanks to the Malta Leprosy Eradication Programme. However, leprosy remains endemic in a number of low-to-middle income countries, and may be imported to non-endemic regions like Malta by migrants.  We report a case of a man from the Philippines  presenting with nodular lesions over the face, trunk and limbs and a hypoaesthetic patch over the arm. A skin biopsy supported the clinical suspicion of midline borderline/borderline  lepromatous  leprosy  and  triple  therapy  with clofazimine,  dapsone  and  rifampicin  was  initiated.  Despite  having  a wide  clinical  differential  diagnosis,  leprosy  must  always  be  kept  in mind  by  clinicians, especially when  treating  nationals  from endemic areas.
PY - 2021
SP - 101
EP - 115
T2 - Malta Medical Journal
TI - Leprosy in Malta: not to be forgotten
UR - http://mmsjournals.org/index.php/mmj/article/view/355/1166
VL - 33
ER -