An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease
A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and Mycobacterium leprae polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.
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American College of Physicians
2024-03-01
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| description | A 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and Mycobacterium leprae polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-464028f7925540559bf285dc26f1dad52025-08-20T02:11:45ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642024-03-013310.7326/aimcc.2022.0914An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson DiseaseRachel E. Strength0Shirin Mazumder11Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee2Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TennesseeA 72-year-old man with Parkinson disease presented with 18 months of diffuse blotchiness without associated pain or pruritis. Fite stain and Mycobacterium leprae polymerase chain reaction of a skin biopsy specimen were positive, and he was diagnosed with lepromatous leprosy.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0914 |
| spellingShingle | Rachel E. Strength Shirin Mazumder An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease |
| title_full | An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease |
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| title_full_unstemmed | An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease |
| title_short | An Image Case of Lepromatous Leprosy in a Patient With Parkinson Disease |
| title_sort | image case of lepromatous leprosy in a patient with parkinson disease |
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