Case for diagnosis. Infiltrated areas on the trunk,

• Hauptverfasser: Larissa Daniele Machado Góes (Verfasst von), Juliana Alves Scrignoli (Verfasst von), Patrícia Morais (Verfasst von), Carolina Talhari (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Abstract Leprosy is an infectious disease with chronic evolution, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, an acid-fast bacillus that mainly affects the skin and peripheral nervous tissue. Many of the clinical manifestations of leprosy can mimic connective tissue diseases. The authors present the case of a 4...