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  • Title: Histoid leprosy presenting as a large tumor.
    Author: Fernandes TRMO, Andrade VJS, Nascimento ID, Matias AKS.
    Journal: An Bras Dermatol; 2021; 96(6):759-761. PubMed ID: 34518034.
    Abstract:
    Histoid leprosy is a rare form of multibacillary leprosy, characterized by the presence of papules, plaques, or nodules whose appearance is keloid-like, skin colored, or erythematous. Fusiform cells are the main histopathological feature. Due to the fact that it can simulate other dermatological lesions, for example, dermatofibroma and neurofibroma, it constitutes a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and pathologists. It is a bacilliferous form of leprosy, and it plays an important role in disease transmission. A case of a patient with histoid leprosy living in the Northeast Region of Brazil is reported.
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