title: Malignant T-cell lymphoma mimicking lepromatous leprosy.
abstract: We describe a 16-year-old Filipino boy who presented with skin lesions highly suggestive of lepromatous leprosy, but further assessment established a diagnosis of malignant T-cell lymphoma. This case emphasizes the extensive differential diagnosis of leprosy, as well as the importance of obtaining skin biopsies for diagnostic confirmation.
authors: Department of Immunology and Medicine, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. walshds@thai.amedd.army.mil
authors: D S
authors: DS
authors: Walsh
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Prieto-Go
authors: R M
authors: RM
authors: Abalos
authors: S M
authors: SM
authors: Tuur-Saunders
authors: L G
authors: LG
authors: Villahermosa
authors: Z
authors: Z
authors: Jabien
authors: G P
authors: GP
authors: Walsh
authors: T T
authors: TT
authors: Fajardo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology