Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy
Lepromatous leprosy (LL) is a systemic illness which involves various organs either directly due to Mycobacterium leprae or as a part of lepra reaction. Nail changes occur in leprosy with variable frequency but may not have a direct causal relationship with leprosy. Hereby, we are describing a case...
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| author | Ashish Kumar Nayak Biswanath Behera Siddhartha Dash Madhusmita Sethy Aparna Palit |
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| description | Lepromatous leprosy (LL) is a systemic illness which involves various organs either directly due to Mycobacterium leprae or as a part of lepra reaction. Nail changes occur in leprosy with variable frequency but may not have a direct causal relationship with leprosy. Hereby, we are describing a case of untreated LL presenting with twenty nail dystrophy and a direct causal relationship of the same due to M. leprae. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2afb547b9cfc48d08f62ec89913da9ff2022-12-22T04:02:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsClinical Dermatology Review2542-551X2542-55282022-01-016215215210.4103/cdr.cdr_126_20Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosyAshish Kumar NayakBiswanath BeheraSiddhartha DashMadhusmita SethyAparna PalitLepromatous leprosy (LL) is a systemic illness which involves various organs either directly due to Mycobacterium leprae or as a part of lepra reaction. Nail changes occur in leprosy with variable frequency but may not have a direct causal relationship with leprosy. Hereby, we are describing a case of untreated LL presenting with twenty nail dystrophy and a direct causal relationship of the same due to M. leprae.http://www.cdriadvlkn.org/article.asp?issn=2542-551X;year=2022;volume=6;issue=2;spage=152;epage=152;aulast=Nayaklepromatous leprosymycobacterium lepraenailtwenty nail dystrophy |
| spellingShingle | Ashish Kumar Nayak Biswanath Behera Siddhartha Dash Madhusmita Sethy Aparna Palit Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy Clinical Dermatology Review lepromatous leprosy mycobacterium leprae nail twenty nail dystrophy |
| title | Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| title_full | Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| title_fullStr | Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| title_short | Twenty nail dystrophy: A feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| title_sort | twenty nail dystrophy a feature of direct nail apparatus involvement in leprosy |
| topic | lepromatous leprosy mycobacterium leprae nail twenty nail dystrophy |
| url | http://www.cdriadvlkn.org/article.asp?issn=2542-551X;year=2022;volume=6;issue=2;spage=152;epage=152;aulast=Nayak |
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