Renata Borges Fortes da Costa Figueira, Karen Fernandes de Oliveira, Luciana Borges de Souza, Gustavo Henrique Soares Takano, Jorgeth de Oliveira Carneiro da Motta, Izelda Maria Carvalho Costa
Wade's histoid leprosy (HL) is a rare variant of multibacillary leprosy, with characteristic clinical, immunologic, histopathologic, and bacteriologic features. It is associated with resistance to sulfa drugs or polychemotherapy and is rarely observed in patients who have not undergone prior treatment. Clinically, HL resembles keloid or dermatofibroma. Furthermore, HL is rare in children and is difficult to diagnose even by experts. This report describes a case of HL in a 14-year-old Brazilian boy, who presented with multiple nodular and tumor-like lesions, simulating keloids...
July 2017: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical