title: Sub-polar lepromatous leprosy presenting as urticarial wheals: a case report.
abstract: A 40-year male lepromatous leprosy patient presented with four, slightly erythematous patches, with multiple urticaria-like wheals, distributed over the body symmetrically and with thickened right ulnar and right common peroneal nerves. He was previously diagnosed as a case of chronic idiopathic urticaria. Slit skin smear from the patches and urticarial wheals showed a BI of 3+ and skin biopsy showed some features of borderline lepromatous leprosy (BL).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Venereology, NSCB Medical College, Jabalpur 482 003. kdebbarman@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K Deb
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Barman
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saify
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luthra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014581:Urticaria / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents