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Leprosy indeterminataA30.00

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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indeterminate leprosy; Indeterminate leprosy; Intermediate leprosy; Leprosy indeterminate

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Unstable form of incipient leprosy with uncharacteristic erythema and the possibility of spontaneous healing.

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

Buttocks, trunk, neck, extremities, rarely on the face.

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

Only skin lesions, very rarely nerve lesions. Skin lesions: asymmetric, hypo- or hyperpigmented, anaesthetic, anhidrotic, macular, pinkish lesions which appear as hypochromic erythema in dark people.

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

Uncharacteristic inflammatory reaction, perineurally individual acid-resistant rods, possibly individual epithelioid-cellular granulomas.

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

According to leprosy.

Progression/forecastThis section has been translated automatically.

Spontaneous remissions are possible. Frequent transition into leprosy lepromatosa, less frequently into leprosy tuberculoides.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer