2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03233.x
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Wade's histoid leprosy: three clinical presentations

Abstract: Wade's histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy with distinctive characteristics which were first described in patients treated with a short course of sulfones. Wade's histoid leprosy may occur as a relapse, in the setting of sulfone resistance, or may present de novo. We report the clinical, histologic, immunologic, and bacteriologic features of three adult male patients with this rare variant of lepromatous leprosy as the initial presentation of the disease, observed in the Dermatology Depart… Show more

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“…It may also appear de novo, as the initial clinical presentation of leprosy. Papules and nodules appear upon apparently normal skin in cases with no previous history of leprosy treatment (1,8,11,23), as in our patient.…”
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confidence: 77%
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“…It may also appear de novo, as the initial clinical presentation of leprosy. Papules and nodules appear upon apparently normal skin in cases with no previous history of leprosy treatment (1,8,11,23), as in our patient.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 77%
“…The patient's characteristics sustaining a diagnosis of histoid leprosy included her good general condition, in spite of the profuse and chronic nodular and tumor-like lesions, well-delimited lesions with sharp borders on apparently normal skin and bony prominences, and the two skin biopsies showing diffuse macrophage inflammation with fusiform cells, admixed with some slightly vacuolated macrophages, both of them containing abundant acid-fast elongated intact bacilli with no granular forms and no tendency to form globii (1-9). Epistaxis is frequently described in histoid leprosy (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11). Furthermore, positive bacilloscopies of nasal, ear and elbow smears are also seen in this type of leprosy (6,8,9,12).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…A aparência queloidiforme é compatível clinicamente com a forma históide, que ocorre nos pacientes multibacilares e está associada à resistência medicamentosa à sulfa e/ou poliquimioterapia, sendo rara em pacientes virgens de tratamento. [3][4][5] A expressão hanseníase históide foi introduzida por Wade, em 1963, com base no aspecto histológico desses hansenomas ricos em bacilos, que são compostos de histiócitos fusiformes similares aos de um dermatofibroma. 3,6 Existem três variantes histológicas do leproma históide: fusocelular puro, fusocelular com componente epitelióide e fusocelular com células vacuolizadas, sendo este último o mais comumente observado.…”
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“…3,6 Existem três variantes histológicas do leproma históide: fusocelular puro, fusocelular com componente epitelióide e fusocelular com células vacuolizadas, sendo este último o mais comumente observado. 5 Sugere-se que ocorra pela ação de bacilos mutantes não sensíveis às drogas ou, ainda, de depressão da imunidade celular sistêmica, porém com aumento local da imunidade celular e humoral. 5 A manifestação clínica clássica é de nódulos cutâneos bem delimitados, de tamanho e número variáveis.…”
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