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Case Reports
. 2015 May-Jun;6(3):204-6.
doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.156408.

Diffuse leprosy with "deck-chair" sign

M Manjunath Shenoy  1 , Mukhtar Ahmed Bendigeri  2 , Prshanth R Kamath  1 , B Vishal  1
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Case Reports

Diffuse leprosy with "deck-chair" sign

M Manjunath Shenoy et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2015 May-Jun.

Abstract

A 55-year-old male presented with asymptomatic extensive skin lesions since one year. He was found to have diffuse lesions involving the face, trunk, arms, and thighs along with symmetric peripheral nerve thickening. Bacteriological and histopathological examination confirmed lepromatous leprosy. There was a conspicuous sparing of the abdominal creases and axillae from the infiltrative lesions suggesting a positive "deck-chair" sign. This sign has been described in the past with papulo-erythroderma of Ofuji and certain other disorders. Leprosy may be now included among the causes of "deck-chair" sign.

Keywords: Deck-chair sign; diffuse infiltration; leprosy.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared

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Figure 1
Diffuse infiltration involving the posterior trunk
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Figure 2
Lesions sparing abdominal crease
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Figure 3
Lesions sparing the axilla
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Figure 4
Mycobacterium leprae in split skin smear (Zeihl–Neelson, ×1000)
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Figure 5
Follow-up image of subsiding infiltration at six months
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