Affiliation:
1. Texas A&M University School of Medicine, Bryan
2. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Dermatology—Temple, Temple, Texas
Abstract
A previously healthy individual in his 20s had 3 months of annular skin lesions, with numbness and paresthesia in the affected areas. Physical examination revealed multiple tattoos, bilateral palpable thickened auricular and ulnar nerves, and claw-hand deformity; test results for rapid plasma reagin, antinuclear antibodies, rheumatoid factor, acid-fast bacilli, mycobacteria, and fungi were negative, and biopsy did not identify Mycobacterium leprae. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
Publisher
American Medical Association (AMA)
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