TY - JOUR
KW - Dermatology
AU - Fernandes T
AU - de Andrade V
AU - Nascimento I
AU - Matias AKS
AB - Histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy, characterized by the presence of papules, plaques, or nodules whose appearance is keloid-like, skin colored, or erythematous. Fusiform cells are the main histopathological feature. Due to the fact that it can simulate other dermatological lesions, for example, dermatofibroma and neurofibroma, it constitutes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists. It is a bacilliferous form of leprosy, and it plays an important role in disease transmission. A case of a patient with histoid leprosy living in the Northeast Region of Brazil is reported.
BT - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
DO - 10.1016/j.abd.2021.04.009
LA - eng
N2 - Histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy, characterized by the presence of papules, plaques, or nodules whose appearance is keloid-like, skin colored, or erythematous. Fusiform cells are the main histopathological feature. Due to the fact that it can simulate other dermatological lesions, for example, dermatofibroma and neurofibroma, it constitutes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists. It is a bacilliferous form of leprosy, and it plays an important role in disease transmission. A case of a patient with histoid leprosy living in the Northeast Region of Brazil is reported.
PB - Elsevier BV
PY - 2021
T2 - Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
TI - Histoid leprosy presenting as a large tumor
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0365059621002105
SN - 0365-0596
ER -