Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases (Mar 2024)
An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease
Abstract
A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and Mycobacterium leprae polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.