Case for diagnosis. Infiltrated areas on the trunk.

Autor:	Góes LDM; Tropical Dermatology Clinic, Fundação de Dermatologia Tropical e Venereologia Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, AM, Brazil. Electronic address: larissadaniele55@gmail.com., Scrignoli JA; Rheumatology Service, Fundação Hospital Adriano Jorge, Manaus, AM, Brazil., Morais P; Dermatopathology Service, Fundação de Dermatologia Tropical e Venereologia Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, AM, Brazil., Talhari C; Tropical Dermatology Clinic, Fundação de Dermatologia Tropical e Venereologia Alfredo da Matta, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Anais brasileiros de dermatologia [An Bras Dermatol] 2020 Sep - Oct; Vol. 95 (5), pp. 652-654. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 25.
DOI:	10.1016/j.abd.2019.12.007
Abstrakt:	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. (Copyright © 2020 Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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