Mycobacterial Diseases
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ISSN: 2161-1068
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ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Habibganj, India
Case Report
Sporotrichoid Hansen?s disease with Hypereosinophilic Syndrome: A Clinicopathological Challenge
Author(s): Shreya K*, Mukesh K Sahni, Hemlata Panwar, Richa Rokde and Dinesh P Asati
The sporotrichoid distribution of lesions has been described in sporotrichosis, lupus vulgaris, atypical mycobacteria, chromoblastomycosis, nocardia, cat-scratch disease. Apart from these infectious diseases some other conditions like melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, B cell lymphoma and T cell lymphoma, epithelioid sarcoma, and peripheral nerve sheath tumor had also showed sporotrichoid spread. A 45 year old otherwise healthy male presented with mild painful skin colored to erythematous plaque, initially started over the left dorsa of the ankle, later new plaque appeared to involve the left leg and thigh linearly with an increase in thickness and size of plaque over a period of 4 months. On examination typical sporotrichoid distribution of three well defined, minimally tender edematous, indurated, skin colored to an erythematous plaque with central clearing in large plaque with over.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2161-1068.23.13.322