- Author:
Marie Len A. CAMACLANG
1
;
Eileen Liesl A. CUBILLAN
2
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Verrucous
- MeSH: Human; Leprosy; Leprosy, Lepromatous; Hiv; Coinfection
- From: Acta Medica Philippina 2019;53(2):177-180
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a 23-year-old male with lepromatous leprosy atypically presenting with 5-year history of asymptomatic, verrucous papules, and nodules. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) testing was positive with depressed CD4 count. In HIV/leprosy co-infection, most of the documented patients were diagnosed with paucibacillary leprosy as immune reconstitution disease (IRD) from treatment-induced immunological recovery. Rarely, multibacillary lepromatous leprosy is encountered in the setting of untreated, severe immunodeficiency. Atypical clinical presentation warrants investigation for concurrent HIV infection.
- Full text:205-Article Text-799-1-10-20191030.pdf