NODULAR LEPROSY.

Relapse of leprosy presenting as nodular lymph node swelling.

Lymphadenopathy is known to be associated with lepromatous leprosy and has also been observed as a feature of type-2 lepra reaction. However, nodular lymph node enlargement is not commonly reported in leprosy patients or as a feature of relapse. We herewith are presenting a case of bacteriological relapse in a patient of lepromatous leprosy treated 22 years before till smear negativity with WHO...

Nodular leprosy of childhood and tuberculoid leprosy: a comparative, morphologic, immunopathologic and quantitative study of skin tissue reaction.

Nodular leprosy of childhood (NL) is a benign clinical variant of tuberculoid leprosy that affects breast-feeding infants and children that remained in a highly infected environment. The lesions resolve with complete healing and NL has been considered a manifestation of allergy and congenital immunity to Mycobacteria leprae. We studied the tissue reaction, Mycobacterial antigen frequency, and t...

Nodular Melanoma

Nodular Fasciitis

odular fasciitis, also known as infiltrative or pseudosarcomatous fasciitis, is a benign soft tissue tumor of fibroblastic/myofibroblastic differentiation that was first described in 1955 by Konwaler et al.1 The lesion often comes to clinical attention when a patient presents with a rapidly growing, occasionally painful, palpable soft tissue mass.2,3 Although benign and self-limited, nodular fa...

[Nodular fasciitis].