Kumar V, Mendiratta V, Sharma R C, Kakar N, Bajaj P
Department of Dermatology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
J Dermatol. 1997 Sep;24(9):611-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02302.x.
A 28-year-old married female developed histoid papules and nodules de novo over her face, extremities, back, buttocks and thighs. She had developed erythema nodosum leprosum lesions without any antileprosy treatment. Histopathology from a histoid nodule showed well defined nodular collections of plump, spindle-shaped histiocytes. A few globi were also seen with Ziehl Neelson staining. Leucocytoclastic vasculitis was present in the ENL lesion. The CD4:CD8 ratio was 1.5:1.
