Type II reaction without erythema nodosum leprosum masquerading as lymphoma

Type II reaction without erythema nodosum leprosum masquerading as lymphoma.

Lepromatous leprosy is a multisystem disease that can involve many organ systems, with lymph nodes a common extra-cutaneous site to be affected. Rarely, multibacillary leprosy can be confused with other diseases like lymphomas and connective tissue diseases. Herein we report a patient of lepromatous leprosy with Type II lepra reaction involving lymph nodes who presented with generalised lymphad...

Erythema nodosum leprosum.

Etanercept in erythema nodosum leprosum*

One of the biggest challenges in treating leprosy is the control of reaction events. Patients with lepromatous leprosy may present reaction type II, or erythema nodosum leprosum, during treatment, and this reaction can remain in a recurrent form after being released from the hospital, requiring the use of thalidomide and/or prednisone for long periods of time, in turn increasing the risk of sid...

Bullous Erythema Nodosum Leprosum masquerading as systemic onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A case report.

A 10 year old male child presented with a history of fever, swollen and tender bilateral elbow and interphlangeal joints for 2 days (Figure 1a and b) and intermittent fever and joint pain for the past 2 months. General and systemic physical examination revealed pallor and cervical and epitrochlear lymphadenopathy, mild hepatosplenomegaly and diffuse erythema over his face (Figure 1b). The relev...

Clinical observations on erythema nodosum leprosum (E.N.L.).

The nodules were sometimes the exacerbation of existing lesions, or sometimes the eruption of fresh lesions. The nodules themselves varied from about the size of a pea to about the size of a shilling, and they were usually tender on pressure. Ankaful Leprosarium is the headquarters of the Ghana Leprosy Service and is situated 6 miles from the coast and is 1 00 miles west of Accra. It admits pri...