Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion

• Main Authors: Letícia Stella Gardini Brandão (Author), Gabriela Franco Marques (Author), Jaison Antônio Barreto (Author), Ana Paula Cota Pinto Coelho (Author), Ana Paula de Paiva Serrano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy...