title: Fulminant hepatic failure in a 15 year old boy with borderline lepromatous leprosy and type 2 reaction.
abstract: The liver is the most frequently affected visceral organ in leprosy, particularly in the multibacillary group. Administration of hepatotoxic drugs may also affect liver function. We report the case of a male patient, diagnosed as borderline lepromatous leprosy with Type 2 reaction, who was managed with multibacillary multidrug therapy and steroids, and who then developed acute hepatitis and succumbed to sudden cardiac death. Although erythema nodosum leprosum has been described as a rare cause of death in the literature, such an occurrence in the present era when leprosy has been eliminated needs a special mention.
authors: Vibhu
authors: V
authors: Mendiratta
authors: Meenu
authors: M
authors: Malik
authors: Anil
authors: A
authors: Gurtoo
authors: Ram
authors: R
authors: Chander
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015439:Leprosy, Borderline / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male