Malignant T-cell lymphoma mimicking lepromatous leprosy.
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.
Walsh
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Department of Immunology and Medicine, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. walshds@thai.amedd.army.mil
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Abalos
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Tuur-Saunders
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Villahermosa
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Jabien
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Walsh
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Fajardo
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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