Case for diagnosis. Erythematous and infiltrated plaques in the infrahyoid region | Zendy

Natália Tenório Cavalcante Bezerra | Zendy; Antônio Pedro Mendes Schettini | Zendy; André Luiz Leturiondo | Zendy; Liana Hortencia Miranda Tubilla Mathias | Zendy

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Case for diagnosis. Erythematous and infiltrated plaques in the infrahyoid region

Author(s) -

Natália Tenório Cavalcante Bezerra,

Antônio Pedro Mendes Schettini,

André Luiz Leturiondo,

Liana Hortencia Miranda Tubilla Mathias

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.2020.03.022

Subject(s) - histiocyte , leprosy , medicine , syphilis , rare disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , granulomatous disease , mycobacterium leprae , pathology , penicillin , dermatology , antiretroviral therapy , disease , antibiotics , immunology , biology , viral load , microbiology and biotechnology

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and, depending on the host immune status, presents different clinical forms. This report describes the case of a 46-year-old man who had hypoesthetic lesions in the infrahyoid region for 30 days. The bacilloscopy was negative. The anatomopathological examination showed alterations corresponding to the tuberculoid pole (epithelioid histiocytes) and virchowian pole (foamy histiocytes), compatible with borderline-virchowian leprosy (Ridley and Jopling classification). Rapid tests for HIV I, II, and syphilis were positive, with a CD4 count of 223. The patient started treatment with multibacillary multidrug therapy, antiretroviral therapy, and benzathine penicillin, with marked clinical improvement in two months.

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