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Chengbei Bao1,2,3, Qiuyun Xu1,2,3, Ying Zou1,2,3
1Department of Dermatology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Abstract:
Type 2 leprosy reaction is a type of acute inflammation that predominantly affects borderline lepromatous leprosy and lepromatous leprosy patients and occurs before, during, or after therapy. The atypical variant, which resembles Sweet syndrome, could easily lead to misdiagnosis. Here, we report a case of a 52-year-old man who presented with type 2 leprosy reaction that mimicked Sweet syndrome. In addition, we review published cases and summarize their features to raise awareness of this atypical variant to enable improved diagnosis and management.
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