Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a "racket" lesion

• Hauptverfasser: Letícia Stella Gardini Brandão (Verfasst von), Gabriela Franco Marques (Verfasst von), Jaison Antônio Barreto (Verfasst von), Ana Paula Cota Pinto Coelho (Verfasst von), Ana Paula de Paiva Serrano (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...