Leprosy with Atypical Skin Lesions Masquerading as Relapsing Polychondritis
Joint Authors
Pruthi, Punit
Munganda, Hariharan
Bangia, Amit
Rani, Uma
Budhiraja, Rajesh
Brajpuriya, Swapnil
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Leprosy can present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the immune status of the individual.
After dermatological and neurological involvement, rheumatic features specially various forms of arthritis are the third most common manifestation of the disease.
We describe a unique case of a 22-year-old patient presenting with external ear involvement mimicking relapsing polychondritis along with inflammatory joint symptoms and skin lesions.
Ear involvement in relapsing polychondritis characteristically is painful and spares the noncartilaginous ear lobules, in contrast to painless ear involvement in leprosy affecting the lobules as well.
Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis, although the ear and skin lesions were not classical of leprosy.
Such a presentation of leprosy closely mimicking relapsing polychondritis has not been described previously.
Tissue diagnosis should always be attempted whenever possible in patients presenting with autoimmune features, so that inappropriate therapy with immunosuppressants is avoided.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pruthi, Punit& Munganda, Hariharan& Bangia, Amit& Rani, Uma& Budhiraja, Rajesh& Brajpuriya, Swapnil. 2016. Leprosy with Atypical Skin Lesions Masquerading as Relapsing Polychondritis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101017
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pruthi, Punit…[et al.]. Leprosy with Atypical Skin Lesions Masquerading as Relapsing Polychondritis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Pruthi, Punit& Munganda, Hariharan& Bangia, Amit& Rani, Uma& Budhiraja, Rajesh& Brajpuriya, Swapnil. Leprosy with Atypical Skin Lesions Masquerading as Relapsing Polychondritis. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101017
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101017