Non-Trophic Cutaneous Ulcers in Lepromatous Leprosy
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Non-Trophic Cutaneous Ulcers in Lepromatous Leprosy
A 44-year-old woman had progressive burning parasthesias and sensory loss in both upper and lower limbs, followed by weakness of distal muscles of the hands and feet for four years. She had redness and swelling of both hands and feet, multiple painless ulcers over the dorsum of the fingers (Figure 1A) and feet (Figure 1B), and thickened, non-tender, bilateral, ulnar, superficial cutaneous branc...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0706