Borderline tuberculoid leprosy mimicking sarcoidosis: A case report.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:Leprosy is a chronic infectious granulomas disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that can manifest as a wide variety of immunological and clinical features. CASE SUMMARY:Here, we describe the case of a woman with clinical characteristics of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy that manifested as 3 asymmetric skin lesions involving her hip and lower limbs. This unusual presentation was initially misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis because noncaseating granulomas are a histopathological feature of both diseases. Differentiation and the diagnosis of BT leprosy was achieved using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify an M leprae specific DNA sequence and to detect serum antibodies specific to M leprae antigens. Accordingly, a 6-month course of multidrug therapy led to a marked improvement in the skin lesions. CONCLUSION:The use of auxiliary tests including real-time PCR to amplify an M leprae-specific DNA sequence, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and dipstick detection of serum antibodies specific to M leprae antigens are good methods to obtain a correct diagnosis of BT leprosy.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Liu J,Wen Y,Xing Y,Wang S

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000011616

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-08-01 00:00:00

pages

e11616

issue

32

eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-201808100-00011

journal_volume

97

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