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Case for diagnosis. Infiltrated areas on the trunk

Author(s) -

Larissa Daniele Machado Góes,

Juliana Alves Scrignoli,

Patrícia Motta de Morais,

Carolina Talhari

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

anais brasileiros de dermatologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.461

H-Index - 44

eISSN - 1806-4841

pISSN - 0365-0596

DOI - 10.1016/j.abd.2019.12.007

Subject(s) - leprosy , medicine , mycobacterium leprae , dermatology , skin biopsy , lepromatous leprosy , biopsy , trunk , connective tissue , pathology , ecology , biology

Leprosy is an infectious disease with chronic evolution, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous tissue. Many of the clinical manifestations of leprosy can mimic connective tissue diseases. The authors present the case of a 49-year-old woman who had been treated for four years for systemic lupus erythematosus in a rheumatological service. Skin biopsy of a plaque on the inguinal region was compatible with borderline lepromatous leprosy associated with a type 1 lepra reaction. The patient is undergoing treatment with multibacillary multidrug therapy, showing clinical improvement.

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