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BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY [1 record]

Record 1 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

[Leprosy] in which histiocytes are the predominant cell type with relatively few lymphocytes scattered among them, sometimes in aggregates. [An] increased perineural inflammation [and] large numbers of acid-fast bacilli are present.

OBS

Ridley and Jopling classification: BL.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

[Lèpre] qui se distingue de la forme LL [lépromateuse polaire] par l'aspect des lésions cutanées, souvent annulaires, et par un infiltrat plus riche en lymphocytes. En revanche, comme elle, elle associe une forte charge bacillaire et une réaction de Mitsuda négative.

Spanish

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