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Cytology in the diagnosis of concomitant tuberculosis and leprosy by polymerase chain reaction using cytology scrapings

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A 50-year-old man presented with loss of weight, appetite and fever, weakness and malaise. The patient was a known case of lepromatous leprosy (LL) diagnosed clinically and histopathologically, a year… Click to show full abstract

A 50-year-old man presented with loss of weight, appetite and fever, weakness and malaise. The patient was a known case of lepromatous leprosy (LL) diagnosed clinically and histopathologically, a year back, completed treatment and now presenting with recurrent episodes of high-grade fever with lymphadenopathy. He was clinically diagnosed as having erythema nodosum leprosum and was started on steroids.

Keywords: leprosy polymerase; concomitant tuberculosis; diagnosis concomitant; tuberculosis leprosy; cytology diagnosis; cytology

Journal Title: Cytopathology
Year Published: 2020

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