Type 1 (reversal) lepra reaction in borderline leprosy with unusual clinical presentation--a case report.
Indian J Lepr
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1987 Apr-Jun; 59(2): 219-22
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ABSTRACT
A male 26 years old patient with BB type of leprosy was encountered with a typical clinical presentations of up-grading (reversal) Type 1 Lepra Reaction. These included sudden appearance of tender, erythematous nodular eruptions mimicking ENL, severe constitutional symptoms like high grade fever, malaise, vomiting, epistaxis, joint pain and tenosynovitis simulating Type 2 Lepra Reaction. To the best of our knowledge, this may be the first such case in our hand.
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Main subject:
Steroids
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Humans
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Male
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Adult
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Erythema Nodosum
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Leprostatic Agents
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Leprosy
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1987
Type:
Article
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