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Akshdeep Singh Narula1, Jerene Mathews1, Pratik Minj2
1Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
Abstract:
A 25-year-old male presented with multiple, painless subcutaneous nodules, each measuring 5-6 mm, attached to thickened superficial cutaneous nerves. He also had nodular infiltration of the left earlobe. Histopathology revealed spindle-shaped histiocytes in a storiform pattern, with numerous acid-fast bacilli in Fite-Faraco staining. Skin slit smear from the nodule revealed a bacteriological index of +6. Ultrasonography of the nodule revealed a well-defined, avascular, heterogenous hypoechoic lesion over a focally thickened nerve with loss of fibrillary pattern, confirming a rare form of neural histoid leprosy.
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