LEPROSY
Leprosy Review
0305-7518
British Leprosy Relief Association
Colchester, UK
37-8383
0305-7518/12/064053+06
10.47276/lr.83.4.378
Case Report
Type II reaction without erythema nodosum leprosum masquerading as lymphoma
R. Mahajan et al.
Type II reaction masquerading as lymphoma
MahajanRahul
aKaurInderjeet
aYadavSavita
aSaikiaUma Nahar
bBudaniaAnil
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Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
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Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Correspondence to: Sunil Dogra, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India (Tel: +911722756559; Fax No: +911722744401; e-mail: sundogra@hotmail.com)
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2012
Lepromatous leprosy is a multisystem disease that can involve many organ systems, with lymph nodes a common extra-cutaneous site to be affected. Rarely, multibacillary leprosy can be confused with other diseases like lymphomas and connective tissue diseases. Herein we report a patient of lepromatous leprosy with Type II lepra reaction involving lymph nodes who presented with generalised lymphadenopathy, acquired ichthyosis and constitutional symptoms but no cutaneous lesions to suggest erythema nodosum leprosum, and who was initially misdiagnosed as a case of Hodgkin’s lymphoma