Diffused Lepromatous Leprosy and its Management

Diffused Lepromatous Leprosy and its Management

Partha Sarathi Mohanty1*, Preeti Singh1, Avi Kumar Bansal2 and Umesh Datta Gupta3 1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra 2Clinical Division, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, Agra 3Department of Animal Experimentation, National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycoba...

Immunologic suppression in leprosy and its relation to lepromatous disease.

Localized borderline lepromatous leprosy.

A 48-year-old soldier presented with 3 small leprosy lesions localized over the flexor area of the forearm. There was no nerve thickening and clinically the lesions looked like borderline-tuberculoid leprosy. However, these lesions demonstrated a bacteriological index (BI) of 4+ while no acid-fast bacilli (AFB) could be demonstrated from any other site of the body. A lepromin test was negative....

Borderline lepromatous leprosy.

It is presented a case of borderline lepromatous leprosy with 4 years of evolution and cutaneous lesions of difficult diagnosis in the National Health System. The histopathological evaluation, which was essential for the diagnosis, showed disorganized granulomatous structures and multiple alcohol -acid resistant bacilli. Cases like the one described here are responsible for the contamination of...

Hepatic involvement in lepromatous leprosy.

Hepatic involvement in a lepromatous leprosy (LL) patient is reported. The serum concentrations of aminotransferases were much higher than previously described in the leprosy literature. Other causes for hepatic damage were ruled out. Such hepatic involvement and elevation of aminotransferases have never been described in leprosy.