TY - JOUR KW - leprosy KW - Nerve abscess KW - Type I lepra reaction KW - Type II lepra reaction KW - Rheumatoid arthritis AU - Pathania V AU - Shelly D AU - Shankar P AU - Matharu YS AU - Baveja V AB -
Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease with varied presentation, especially in the setting of lepra reactions. We report two such atypical presentations each of Type I and Type II Lepra reactions; the first being an elderly male presenting with fever, while the second case being of a young boy being evaluated for cervical lymphadenitis.
BT - International journal of mycobacteriology C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30531041?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_105_18 IS - 4 J2 - Int J Mycobacteriol LA - eng N2 -Leprosy or Hansen's disease is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease with varied presentation, especially in the setting of lepra reactions. We report two such atypical presentations each of Type I and Type II Lepra reactions; the first being an elderly male presenting with fever, while the second case being of a young boy being evaluated for cervical lymphadenitis.
PY - 2018 SP - 390 EP - 393 T2 - International journal of mycobacteriology TI - Two atypical presentations of lepra reactions. UR - http://www.ijmyco.org/temp/IntJMycobacteriol74390-1997996_053259.pdf VL - 7 SN - 2212-554X ER -