Histoid leprosy is an expression of multibacillary leprosy with unique histopathology and characteristic bacterial morphology. It is characterized by the occurrence of asymptomatic firm, dome-shaped succulent papulonodules on apparently normal skin, or subcutaneous tissues. There are very few reports of the detection of Mycobacterium leprae in the epidermis in leprosy, which may have a possible role in transmission. We report five de novo cases of histoid leprosy with transepidermal elimination.
BT - International journal of mycobacteriology C1 -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35775559
DA - 01/2022 DO - 10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_25_22 IS - 2 J2 - Int J Mycobacteriol LA - eng N2 -Histoid leprosy is an expression of multibacillary leprosy with unique histopathology and characteristic bacterial morphology. It is characterized by the occurrence of asymptomatic firm, dome-shaped succulent papulonodules on apparently normal skin, or subcutaneous tissues. There are very few reports of the detection of Mycobacterium leprae in the epidermis in leprosy, which may have a possible role in transmission. We report five de novo cases of histoid leprosy with transepidermal elimination.
PY - 2022 SP - 217 EP - 221 T2 - International journal of mycobacteriology TI - Histoid hansen's with transepidermal elimination: Five cases. UR - https://www.ijmyco.org/temp/IntJMycobacteriol112217-3324124_091401.pdf VL - 11 SN - 2212-554X ER -