The clinical picture of leprosy is very varied, with familial clustering of the disease being rare. Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a common manifestation of Type 2 reaction in leprosy. We present here two immunocompetent siblings who presented simultaneously with pustular, ulceronecrotic, bullous and impetigo like erythema nodosum leprosum.
BT - Leprosy review IS - 4 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -The clinical picture of leprosy is very varied, with familial clustering of the disease being rare. Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a common manifestation of Type 2 reaction in leprosy. We present here two immunocompetent siblings who presented simultaneously with pustular, ulceronecrotic, bullous and impetigo like erythema nodosum leprosum.
PY - 2017 EP - 568–573 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Familial clustering of severe atypical variants of erythema nodosum leprosum in immunocompetent siblings UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/88/4/56-8573 VL - 88 ER -