Ann Dermatol.  1997 Apr;9(2):143-146. 10.5021/ad.1997.9.2.143.

Atypical Papulonecrotic Skin Manifestation by Lepromatous Leprosy

• Park JH
• Kim SJ
• Lee SC
• Won YH
• Chun IK

• KMID: 2360404
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1997.9.2.143

Abstract

Leprosy is a multisystemic infectious disease showing various cutaneous manifestations by the reaction between Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae) and host immunity. We de-scribe a 20-year-old woman with clinical multiple papulonecrotic skin eruptions resembling papulonecrotic tuberculid (PNT) and pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA). This kind of skin eruption is a new manifestation which has not been reported so far in lepromatous leprosy (LL).

Keyword

Lepromatous leprosy; Papulonecrotic skin eruptions

MeSH Terms

Communicable Diseases
Female
Humans
Leprosy
Leprosy, Lepromatous*
Mycobacterium leprae
Pityriasis Lichenoides
Skin Manifestations*
Skin*
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
Young Adult