TY - JOUR
KW - Pretty leprosy
KW - lepromatous leprosy
KW - leprosy
AU - Prem Anand P
AU - Oommen N
AU - Sunil S
AU - Deepa M S
AU - Potturu M
AB - Pretty leprosy is one of the rare severe forms of lepromatous leprosy. It is a reaction pattern that occurs in untreated pure primitive diffuse lepromatous leprosy or lepromatous leprosy. The skin of the patient is diffusely infiltrated and shiny, so that natural wrinkles are obliterated. It generates a moist and myxoedematous complexion imparting a healthy aspect to the patient. Thus the disease got the name. In this review we have reviewed almost all available literature to point more light toward the clinical variant pretty leprosy. A search was made in PubMed central to know the availability of information about pretty leprosy, but the response was nil for pretty leprosy. 37 articles were spotted in PubMed media on Lucioleprosy; 3 review articles are present and the rest were case reports.
BT - Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
DO - 10.1016/j.ejcdt.2014.04.005
LA - eng
N2 - Pretty leprosy is one of the rare severe forms of lepromatous leprosy. It is a reaction pattern that occurs in untreated pure primitive diffuse lepromatous leprosy or lepromatous leprosy. The skin of the patient is diffusely infiltrated and shiny, so that natural wrinkles are obliterated. It generates a moist and myxoedematous complexion imparting a healthy aspect to the patient. Thus the disease got the name. In this review we have reviewed almost all available literature to point more light toward the clinical variant pretty leprosy. A search was made in PubMed central to know the availability of information about pretty leprosy, but the response was nil for pretty leprosy. 37 articles were spotted in PubMed media on Lucioleprosy; 3 review articles are present and the rest were case reports.
PY - 2014
ST - Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
T2 - Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis
TI - Pretty leprosy: Another face of Hansen’s disease! A review
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763814001034
SN - 04227638
ER -