The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion. The lesion persisted after treatment with paucibacillary multidrug therapy.
BT - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26131879?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20153401 IS - 3 J2 - An Bras Dermatol LA - eng N2 -The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion. The lesion persisted after treatment with paucibacillary multidrug therapy.
PY - 2015 SP - 420 EP - 2 T2 - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia TI - Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion. UR - http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abd/v90n3/0365-0596-abd-90-03-0420.pdf VL - 90 SN - 1806-4841 ER -