Sitaula Seema, Mishra Aman, Chalise Sanat, Mishra Aakash
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine Kathmandu Nepal.
Maharajgunj Medical Campus Tribhuvan University Institute of Medicine Kathmandu Nepal.
Clin Case Rep. 2022 Aug 9;10(8):e6240. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6240. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Macrocheilia, as an initial manifestation of leprosy, is uncommon. We present a case of a 50-year-old female, with lower lip swelling, initially diagnosed as Cheilitis Granulomatosa Miescher. Unresponsiveness to local intralesional corticosteroids necessitated further evaluation. Repeat tissue sampling yielded a confirmatory diagnosis of borderline tuberculoid leprosy, which was managed successfully.
巨唇症作为麻风病的初始表现并不常见。我们报告一例50岁女性病例,其下唇肿胀,最初被诊断为米舍尔肉芽肿性唇炎。对局部病灶内注射皮质类固醇无反应,因此需要进一步评估。再次组织取样确诊为界线类结核样型麻风病,并成功治愈。