Tuberculoid leprosy presenting as a “racket” lesion
Abstract The "racket" lesion is a rare presentation of tuberculoid leprosy, which consists of a thickened nerve branch emerging from a tuberculoid plaque. It results from centripetal damage to cutaneous nerves caused by granuloma formation. We describe a typical case of tuberculoid leprosy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962015000300420&tlng=en |