An Unusual Presentation of Type 2 Lepra Reaction: Mimicking Sweet’s Syndrome

Prakruthi K N; Rajesh G; Rajashekhar T S; Ann Mary Jose

doi:10.58739/jcbs/v05i1.7

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An Unusual Presentation of Type 2 Lepra Reaction: Mimicking Sweet’s Syndrome

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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v05i1.7

Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 42-44

Case Report

An Unusual Presentation of Type 2 Lepra Reaction: Mimicking Sweet’s Syndrome

Prakruthi K N^*1, Rajesh G ², Rajashekhar T S³, Ann Mary Jose ¹

¹.Post Graduate
².Assistant Professor
³.Professor & Head, Dept. of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India

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Abstract

Type-2 lepra reaction or Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a type-III hypersensitivity reaction, which usually occurs in cases of lepromatous and borderline lepromatous leprosy. Classic ENL reaction presents as widespread crops of tender, erythematous and evanescent nodules. Atypical presentations of ENL have been documented. Here, we report an unusual presentation of type 2 lepra reaction simulating Sweet’s syndrome, in a twenty seven year old man who had no preceding diagnosis of leprosy, which was diagnosed by slit skin smear and histopathological examination.

Key-words: ENL, lepra reaction, Sweet’s syndrome