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. 2021 May;36(5):1429-1430.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06620-z. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

Bisrat Woldemichael  1 , Mithu Molla  2 , Paul Aronowitz  2
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Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

Bisrat Woldemichael et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 May.
No abstract available

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The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Panel a Painless, annular plaques on right gluteal region. Panel b Erythematous, nodular lesions on bilateral shins. Panel c Right leg punch biopsy with Fite stain demonstrates numerous acid-fast bacilli (black arrow), consistent with multibacillary lepromatous leprosy. Panel d Punch biopsy with H&E demonstrates perivascular (red arrow), perineural (black arrow), and interstitial infiltrate of lymphocytes, plasma cells, histiocytes, and scattered neutrophils consistent with erythema nodosum leprosum.
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