title: Genital involvement and type I reaction in childhood leprosy.
abstract: We describe the case of a 4-year-old boy, with a positive family history of multibacillary leprosy (borderline-borderline) in his 12-year-old sister. The patient was diagnosed to have borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy, BI of 4 + and had two erythematous, infiltrated plaques over the scrotum. He developed type reaction, 3 months following initiation of multibacillary multidrug therapy (MB-MDT) and responded favourably to systemic corticosteroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ritika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Archana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singal
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pandhi
mesh_terms: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012611:Scrotum
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D007917:Leprostatic Agents; D011239:Prednisolone