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Complications of lepromatous leprosy infection
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) manifesting as painful, erythematous lesions on the forearms of a patient with biopsy-proven lepromatous leprosy. This immunologically-mediated inflammatory reaction can develop abruptly and frequently recur despite effective treatment. A variety of neurologic and dermatologic pathologies can be seen months to years after initial diagnosis and treatment of underlying infection. Wellington and Schofield (2019)
Image Credit: Christina Schofield, MD
Citation: (2019) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 13(8) September 2019. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 13(8): ev13.i08. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v13.i08
Published: September 10, 2019
Copyright: © 2019 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) manifesting as painful, erythematous lesions on the forearms of a patient with biopsy-proven lepromatous leprosy. This immunologically-mediated inflammatory reaction can develop abruptly and frequently recur despite effective treatment. A variety of neurologic and dermatologic pathologies can be seen months to years after initial diagnosis and treatment of underlying infection. Wellington and Schofield (2019)
Image Credit: Christina Schofield, MD