ABSTRACT
La lepra continúa siendo un importante problema de salud en todo el mundo y aunque en nuestro continente no alcanza cifras de endemia, parece existir una tendencia al alza debido al número de casos importados diagnosticados cada año. Se describen 2 casos de lepra lepromatosa diagnosticados en Valladolid en un periodo de 5 meses. El último caso declarado de esta enfermedad en nuestra comunidad data de hace más de 20 años
Leprosy is still a major health problem on a worldwide level, and although it does not reach endemic levels on our continent, it seems that there is an upward trend due to the number of imported cases diagnosed each year. We present two cases of lepromatous leprosy diagnosed in Valladolid within a five-month period. The last reported case of this disease in our community was over 20 years ago
Subject(s)
Male , Adult , Humans , Leprosy, Lepromatous/diagnosis , Leprosy, Lepromatous/epidemiology , Leprosy, Lepromatous/therapy , Rifampin/therapeutic use , Dapsone/therapeutic use , Clofazimine/therapeutic use , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct , Mycobacterium leprae/isolation & purification , Spain/epidemiology , Human Migration/trends , Biopsy , Blood Sedimentation , Transients and MigrantsABSTRACT
We describe a new case of annular atrophic lichen planus. Annular atrophic lichen planus is a rare variant of lichen planus that is clinically characterized by violaceous plaques of annular morphology with central atrophy and histopathologic findings of annular and atrophic lichen planus, respectively. There have been 4 cases of this entity reported previously.
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Lichen Planus/pathology , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Leprosy is still a major health problem on a worldwide level, and although it does not reach endemic levels on our continent, it seems that there is an upward trend due to the number of imported cases diagnosed each year. We present two cases of lepromatous leprosy diagnosed in Valladolid within a five-month period. The last reported case of this disease in our community was over 20 years ago.
