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Case Reports
. 2014 Sep-Oct;89(5):837-8.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20143045.

Case for diagnosis

Jeane Jeong Hoon Yang  1 , Dalila Filomena Mohallem  2 , Thaís Abrão Cardoso  1 , Cristiano Luiz Horta de Lima Júnior  3 , Antonio Jose Tebcherani  1 , Maria do Rosário Vidigal  1
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Case Reports

Case for diagnosis

Jeane Jeong Hoon Yang et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Hansen's disease is a chronic infecto-contagious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The bacillus prefers low-temperature areas and the nose is usually the initial site of lesions. Transmission of the bacilli occurs by nasal and oropharyngeal secretions, and through solutions of continuity of the skin and/or mucosae. Nasal manifestations are found in the later stages of the disease.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Nasal leprosy. Tumoral lesion with crusty surface within the nasal cavity
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Nasal leprosy. Collapse of the nasal septum. Tumoral lesion with crusty surface at the end of the nasal dorsum
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
HE-1000x. Clumps of acid-fast bacilli within macrophages
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