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Malignant T-cell lymphoma mimicking lepromatous leprosy
D S Walsh1, D Prieto-Go, R M Abalos
1Department of Immunology and Medicine, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. walshds@thai.amedd.army.mil
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
|April 12, 2001
Abstract:
We describe a 16-year-old Filipino boy who presented with skin lesions highly suggestive of lepromatous leprosy, but further assessment established a diagnosis of malignant T-cell lymphoma. This case emphasizes the extensive differential diagnosis of leprosy, as well as the importance of obtaining skin biopsies for diagnostic confirmation.