Leprosy - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

leprosy

Body Site

leg foot

Age

35 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

patchy

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 35-year-old man had a history of a biopsy proven leprosy for 15 years. He was on systemic antibiotics for many years. Note the chronic recurrent cutaneous injuries and orthopedic deformities resulting from years of progressive neurologic disease.

Description

chronic dermatitic changes, crusts, and foot deformity

Image Added

5/7/2006 17:09:00

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