title: Diffuse leprosy with "deck-chair" sign.
abstract: A 55-year-old male presented with asymptomatic extensive skin lesions since one year. He was found to have diffuse lesions involving the face, trunk, arms, and thighs along with symmetric peripheral nerve thickening. Bacteriological and histopathological examination confirmed lepromatous leprosy. There was a conspicuous sparing of the abdominal creases and axillae from the infiltrative lesions suggesting a positive "deck-chair" sign. This sign has been described in the past with papulo-erythroderma of Ofuji and certain other disorders. Leprosy may be now included among the causes of "deck-chair" sign.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: M Manjunath
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Mukhtar Ahmed
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bendigeri
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prshanth R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kamath
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Yenepoya Medical College, Yenepoya University, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vishal
keywords: Deck-chair sign; diffuse infiltration; leprosy