ABSTRACT
Abstract Leprosy is a chronic disease characterized by manifestations in the peripheral nerves and skin. The course of the disease may be interrupted by acute phenomena called reactions. This article reports a peculiar case of type 2 leprosy reaction with Sweet's syndrome-like features as the first clinical manifestation of leprosy, resulting in a delay in the diagnosis due to unusual clinical presentation. The patient had clinical and histopathological features reminiscent of Sweet's syndrome associated with clusters of vacuolated histiocytes containing acid-fast bacilli isolated or forming globi. Herein, it is discussed how to recognize type 2 leprosy reaction with Sweet's syndrome features, the differential diagnosis with type 1 leprosy reaction and the treatment options. When this kind of reaction is the first clinical presentation of leprosy, the correct diagnosis might be not suspected clinically, and established only with histopathologic evaluation.
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Humans , Female , Adult , Sweet Syndrome/diagnosis , Leprosy, Multibacillary/diagnosis , Thalidomide/therapeutic use , Prednisone/therapeutic use , Sweet Syndrome/etiology , Sweet Syndrome/pathology , Sweet Syndrome/drug therapy , Erythema/diagnosis , Leprosy, Multibacillary/complications , Leprosy, Multibacillary/pathology , Leprosy, Multibacillary/drug therapy , Histiocytes/pathology , Leprostatic Agents/therapeutic use , Neutrophils/pathologyABSTRACT
Abstract Cytomegalovirus is an opportunistic virus that commonly affects immunosuppressed patients. Cutaneous involvement by this virus is rare and occurs in significantly immunocompromised hosts, with a poor prognosis. Skin ulcers may represent the first sign of systemic infection by cytomegalovirus in these patients. Herein, a case of a systemic infection by Cytomegalovirus presenting as genital and oral ulcers in a kidney-transplant recipient is reported.