Giant cells lepromatous leprosy. Diffuse dermatitis with exuberant foreign body giant cells in treated lepromatous leprosy

Patients with lepromatous leprosy that have received treatment for many years usually get follow up biopsies for persistent skin lesions or positive bacilloscopy even if the values are lower than in the initial bacilloscopy. We report the case of a 48-year old woman with long-standing lepromatous le...

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Main Authors: Gerzaín Rodríguez, Viviana Arias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2019-08-01
Series:Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
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Online Access:https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/4493