Histoid Leprosy (HL) is a rare variant of Lepromatous Leprosy, occurring in long-standing cases, mostly in a background of acquired drug resistance. Patients usually present with sudden onset multiple nodules and plaques, most often involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue of trunk and lower limbs. Here we report an unusual case of de novo (without any history of prior anti-leprotic therapy) ...

The presence of subcutaneous nodules in rheumatic fever is of serious prognostic significance because, as they are pathologically similar to the Aschoff bodies found in the heart, they generally indicate severe cardiac damage and active infection. As a rule nodules appear after the onset of the rheumatic heart lesion. There is, therefore, practically always cardiac involvement in cases where no...

A 72 year old male patient, with rheumatoid arthritis of 20 years duration presented to us in 2009 with weight loss of 3 kg and no respiratory symptoms. Additional features included a history of empyema nineteen years back treated as tuberculosis (old chest radiographs not available). He also had history of subcutaneous rheumatoid nodules. He had been taking methotrexate and leflunomide for man...

histoid leprosy (hl) is a rare variant of lepromatous leprosy, occurring in long-standing cases, mostly in a background of acquired drug resistance. patients usually present with sudden onset multiple nodules and plaques, most often involving the skin and subcutaneous tissue of trunk and lower limbs. here we report an unusual case of de novo (without any history of prior anti-leprotic therapy) ...

This study was performed from February to April 2006; several visits were made to abattoirs in the north of Iran for Hypoderma spp infestation. Necropsy inspection of slaughtered and skinned animals were carried out by examination of the inner skin surface and subcutaneous tissues. Warbles were isolated by squeezing nodules from subcutaneous tissues. In the case of abscess presence, aseptic sam...