Azulay R D
Service of Dermatology, University Hospital, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Dec;17(6):1042-6. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)70295-3.
I have given the name autoaggressive hanseniasis to a syndrome with immunopathologic and clinical pictures resembling autoaggressive systemic diseases observed in some cases of lepromatous and borderline hanseniasis. It is probably caused by B cell stimulation by antigenic complex of Mycobacterium leprae plus autologous tissue, along with a dysfunction of the T-suppressor lymphocytes.
