Shandong Provincial Hospital for Skin Diseases, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shandong Provincial Hospital of Skin Diseases & Shandong Provincial Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, China.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022 Dec 26;108(2):317-319. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0324. Print 2023 Feb 1.
Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease, and psoriasis, an inflammatory disorder, are distinct entities. Epidemiology data show that these two diseases are almost mutually exclusive, with only a few reported cases of their coexistence. Here, we present the case of a patient manifesting intermingled psoriatic and leprosy lesions diagnosed as borderline lepromatous leprosy and plaque psoriasis. Of note, Mycobacterium leprae bacilli were detected not only in the two types of lesions but also in normal-appearing skin and blood.
麻风病是一种慢性传染病，而银屑病是一种炎症性疾病，它们是两种截然不同的疾病。流行病学数据显示，这两种疾病几乎是相互排斥的，只有少数报道的同时患有这两种疾病的病例。在这里，我们报告了一例表现为混合性银屑病和麻风病损害的患者，诊断为界限类偏瘤型麻风病和斑块状银屑病。值得注意的是，不仅在两种类型的损害中，而且在外观正常的皮肤和血液中都检测到了麻风分枝杆菌。
