Atypical Papulonecrotic Skin Manifestation by Lepromatous Leprosy.
10.5021/ad.1997.9.2.143
- Author:
Jong Hyuk PARK
;
Seong Jin KIM
;
Seung Chul LEE
;
Young Ho WON
;
Inn Ki CHUN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lepromatous leprosy;
Papulonecrotic skin eruptions
- MeSH:
Communicable Diseases;
Female;
Humans;
Leprosy;
Leprosy, Lepromatous*;
Mycobacterium leprae;
Pityriasis Lichenoides;
Skin Manifestations*;
Skin*;
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous;
Young Adult
- From:Annals of Dermatology
1997;9(2):143-146
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Leprosy is a multisystemic infectious disease showing various cutaneous manifestations by the reaction between Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and host immunity. We de-scribe a 20-year-old woman with clinical multiple papulonecrotic skin eruptions resembling papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) and pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA). This kind of skin eruption is a new manifestation which has not been reported so far in lepromatous leprosy (LL).
