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Case Report

Diffuse multibacillary leprosy patient with Lucio’s phenomenon and positive anticardiolipin antibody misdiagnosed as lupus erythematosus panniculitis in the People’s Republic of China

Wei Gao1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of China
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Zhiming Chen1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of China
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Haiqin Jiang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of China
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Ying Shi1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of China
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Wenyue Zhang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of China
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Hongsheng Wang1 Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Diseases and STIs, Nanjing210042, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 741-744 | Published online: 02 Apr 2019

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Figure 1 Clinical manifestations and histopathological characteristics.

Notes: Dark-red macule and atrophic scars over the face (A), a soya-bean sized dark fuchsia nodule presents on the right leg (B), dark-red macule and large areas of stellate scars over the left thigh (C). The lesion on the edge of ulceration of the lower back displays necrosis of epidermis and dermis, thickening of vascular walls, with local foam cells, swelling of endothelial cells, intraluminal thrombus (D: H&E, ×40), positive for bacillus (E: acid-fast stain, ×400).

Figure 1 Clinical manifestations and histopathological characteristics.Notes: Dark-red macule and atrophic scars over the face (A), a soya-bean sized dark fuchsia nodule presents on the right leg (B), dark-red macule and large areas of stellate scars over the left thigh (C). The lesion on the edge of ulceration of the lower back displays necrosis of epidermis and dermis, thickening of vascular walls, with local foam cells, swelling of endothelial cells, intraluminal thrombus (D: H&E, ×40), positive for bacillus (E: acid-fast stain, ×400).

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