Raut Shweta, Kanade Swapna, Nataraj Gita, Mehta Preeti
Department of Microbiology, KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
J Lab Physicians. 2017 Jan-Mar;9(1):57-59. doi: 10.4103/0974-2727.187919.
Despite India achieving the goal of elimination of leprosy as a public health problem, leprosy is still being transmitted in India. However, due to decreased clinical suspicion of leprosy and atypical case presentations, such cases may be not be diagnosed. We present a case report of an unusual presentation of multibacillary leprosy which presented as nodular lesions. This case report indicates that atypical presentations of leprosy may be missed out by primary care physicians.
尽管印度实现了将麻风病作为公共卫生问题予以消除的目标，但麻风病仍在印度传播。然而，由于对麻风病的临床怀疑减少以及病例表现不典型，此类病例可能无法得到诊断。我们报告一例多菌型麻风病的不寻常表现，其表现为结节性病变。本病例报告表明，基层医疗医生可能会漏诊麻风病的非典型表现。
