title: Type II lepra reaction--an unusual presentation.
abstract: Type II lepra reaction usually present with skin lesions. We report a 23 years old male patient presented with fever for two weeks with no visible skin lesion suggestive of leprosy and with no history of either completion or concurrent anti leprosy drug treatment was eventually turned out to be a case of Hansen's presenting with type II lepra reaction.
authors: Dept.of Dermatology, IPGME and R, Kolkata.
authors: Avas Chandra
authors: AC
authors: Ray
authors: Sumit
authors: S
authors: Sen
authors: Sabyasachi
authors: S
authors: Banerjee
authors: Jotideb
authors: J
authors: Mukhopadhyay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009846:Oliguria / Q000209:etiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007917:Leprostatic Agents