01036nas a2200277 4500000000100000008004100001260003500042653001200077653001300089653000900102653002600111653002400137653001300161653001100174653001900185653001700204653001500221100001600236700001500252245007700267856006700344300000800411490000600419520030800425022002500733 2024 d bAmerican College of Physicians10aLeprosy10aStaining10aSkin10aParkinson’s disease10aInfectious diseases10aPruritus10aBiopsy10aHansen disease10aChronic rash10aFite Stain1 aStrength RE1 aMazumder S00aAn Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease uhttps://www.acpjournals.org/doi/reader/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0914 a1-20 v33 a

A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and Mycobacterium leprae polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.

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