Histoid leprosy in a 12-year-old child: A rare presentation

Abstract

Histoid leprosy is a clinical variant of nodular form of lepromatous leprosy. De novo histoid leprosy in children is a rare clinical presentation. We hereby report a case of a 12-year-old child presenting with lesions of histoid leprosy.

Keywords

• Histoid
• lepromatous
• transepidermal