Histoid leprosy is a type of multibacillary leprosy that has unique clinical and histological characteristics. Some consider it to be an entity of its own, whereas others view it as a variant of lepromatous leprosy. Histoid leprosy can either occur 'de-novo', or secondarily in patients who relapse after dapsone monotherapy or in the presence of dapsone resistance. Here is a case that presented with clinical features of histoid leprosy but also with classic histologic features of lepromatous leprosy, deeming it very distinctive and unusual.
BT - Cureus C1 -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754702
DA - 11/2021 DO - 10.7759/cureus.19230 IS - 11 J2 - Cureus LA - eng N2 -Histoid leprosy is a type of multibacillary leprosy that has unique clinical and histological characteristics. Some consider it to be an entity of its own, whereas others view it as a variant of lepromatous leprosy. Histoid leprosy can either occur 'de-novo', or secondarily in patients who relapse after dapsone monotherapy or in the presence of dapsone resistance. Here is a case that presented with clinical features of histoid leprosy but also with classic histologic features of lepromatous leprosy, deeming it very distinctive and unusual.
PY - 2021 EP - e19230 T2 - Cureus TI - De Novo Histoid Leprosy With Unusual Histological Features. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8569650/pdf/cureus-0013-00000019230.pdf VL - 13 SN - 2168-8184 ER -