Indian Journal of Dermatology (Jan 2015)

De Novo Histoid Leprosy

  • Pooja Pandey,
  • Mavinrkainahalli Srinivasa Murthy Suresh,
  • Vivek kumar Dey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.159666
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 5
pp. 525 – 525

Abstract

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Histoid leprosy is an uncommon entity with specific clinical, histopathological and bacteriological features. Histoid lepromas are sudden eruption of dome shaped lesions usually associated with dapsone resistance, as a variant of lepromatous leprosy or rarely arising de novo. We report a case who presented for the first time with histoid features with no history of taking dapsone/antileprosy treatment earlier in an elderly male with small to large lesions over normal skin in the post-leprosy elimination era.

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