TY - JOUR
AU - Kumar Kansal N
AU - Divyalakshmi C
AU - Joshi PP
AU - Singh D
AB - Leprosy (Hansen's disease), a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, frequently affects the areas of skin, which have a relatively low temperature and/or are prone to trauma. Several zones of skin, for example, scalp, palms and soles, groins, genitalia, axillae, eyelids, and perineum, have usually been described as “immune” to lesions of leprosy. However, clinical, bacteriological, and pathologic evidence of involvement of these so-called “immune zones” has rarely been documented. Therefore, now many workers have proposed that these “immune zones” should be called “relatively immune,” rather than “absolute immune.” Hereby, we report a rare case of leprosy with palmar involvement.
BT - Clinical Dermatology Review
DO - 10.4103/cdr.cdr_44_19
IS - 1
LA - eng
N2 - Leprosy (Hansen's disease), a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, frequently affects the areas of skin, which have a relatively low temperature and/or are prone to trauma. Several zones of skin, for example, scalp, palms and soles, groins, genitalia, axillae, eyelids, and perineum, have usually been described as “immune” to lesions of leprosy. However, clinical, bacteriological, and pathologic evidence of involvement of these so-called “immune zones” has rarely been documented. Therefore, now many workers have proposed that these “immune zones” should be called “relatively immune,” rather than “absolute immune.” Hereby, we report a rare case of leprosy with palmar involvement.
PB - Medknow
PY - 2021
EP - 110
T2 - Clinical Dermatology Review
TI - Involvement of palms in leprosy: An unusual clinical manifestation
UR - https://www.cdriadvlkn.org/article.asp?issn=2542-551X;year=2021;volume=5;issue=1;spage=110;epage=113;aulast=Divyalakshmi
VL - 5
SN - 2542-551X
ER -