Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis

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Autor(a) principal: Ferreira,Mayara Elisa Batista
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Diniz,Lucia Martins, Spelta,Karla, Lucas,Elton Almeida
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Anais brasileiros de dermatologia (Online)
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Resumo: Abstract Leprosy is a chronic neglected and stigmatizing disease. Due to involvement of the peripheral nerves, it can result in physical disabilities, deformities, and emotional damage if not diagnosed and treated promptly. This is the case of a young patient with testicular pain and swelling and no improvement after a specific therapeutic scheme for tuberculosis. Clinical and laboratory reevaluation revealed hypoesthetic skin patches associated with post-burn crusted ulcers on the left arm, thickening of ulnar nerves, atrophy of interosseous muscles of the hands, positive skin smear microscopy, and testicular histopathology with numerous bacilli forming globi. These findings indicated lepromatous leprosy with type II reaction.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
title Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
spellingShingle Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
Ferreira,Mayara Elisa Batista
Delayed diagnosis
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
title_short Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
title_full Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
title_fullStr Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
title_full_unstemmed Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
title_sort Diagnostic delay in a patient with reactional lepromatous leprosy treated as testicular tuberculosis
author Ferreira,Mayara Elisa Batista
author_facet Ferreira,Mayara Elisa Batista
Diniz,Lucia Martins
Spelta,Karla
Lucas,Elton Almeida
author_role author
author2 Diniz,Lucia Martins
Spelta,Karla
Lucas,Elton Almeida
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ferreira,Mayara Elisa Batista
Diniz,Lucia Martins
Spelta,Karla
Lucas,Elton Almeida
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Delayed diagnosis
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
topic Delayed diagnosis
Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae
description Abstract Leprosy is a chronic neglected and stigmatizing disease. Due to involvement of the peripheral nerves, it can result in physical disabilities, deformities, and emotional damage if not diagnosed and treated promptly. This is the case of a young patient with testicular pain and swelling and no improvement after a specific therapeutic scheme for tuberculosis. Clinical and laboratory reevaluation revealed hypoesthetic skin patches associated with post-burn crusted ulcers on the left arm, thickening of ulnar nerves, atrophy of interosseous muscles of the hands, positive skin smear microscopy, and testicular histopathology with numerous bacilli forming globi. These findings indicated lepromatous leprosy with type II reaction.
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