TY - JOUR
KW - Leprosy
KW - Staining
KW - Skin
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - Infectious diseases
KW - Pruritus
KW - Biopsy
KW - Hansen disease
KW - Chronic rash
KW - Fite Stain
AU - Strength RE
AU - Mazumder S
AB - <p>A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>&nbsp;polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.</p>

BT - Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
DO - 10.7326/aimcc.2022.0914
IS - 3
LA - Eng
M3 - Case report 
N2 - <p>A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium leprae</em>&nbsp;polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.</p>

PB - American College of Physicians
PY - 2024
SP - 1
EP - 2
T2 - Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
TI - An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease
UR - https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/reader/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0914
VL - 3
SN - 2767-7672, 2767-7664
ER -