Lepromatous leprosy of histoid type

SR Annigeri; SC Metgud; JR Patil

doi:10.4103/0255-0857.31069

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Year : 2007 | Volume : 25 | Issue : 1 | Page : 70-71

Lepromatous leprosy of histoid type

SR Annigeri, SC Metgud, JR Patil
Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum - 590 010, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
S R Annigeri
Department of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum - 590 010, Karnataka
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.31069

Histoid leprosy is a variant of lepromatous leprosy, which develops as a result of resistance to dapsone monotherapy. Here we report two cases of lepromatous leprosy of histoid type, one with typical and another with atypical presentations.

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