Lepromatous lymphadenopathy and concomitant tuberculous axillary lymphadenitis with sinus. A case report.
A 25-year-old male patient with florid lepromatous leprosy presented with right axillary lymphadenopathy and a discharging sinus. He also had scabies with chronic right otitis media. Histopathological examination of the lymph node revealed lepromatous lymphadenitis coexisting with tuberculosis. This unusual combination of two different clinical entities is recorded in this case report.
Selvasekar
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Schieffelin Leprosy Research and Training Centre, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ebenezer
G J
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Partheebarajan
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D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012532:Scabies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000150:complications; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*