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Diagnosis | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Differential diagnosisCite this page: DePond WD. Leprosy. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphnodesleprosy.html. Accessed January 18th, 2021.
Diagnosis
- PCR, immunofluorescence
Case reports
- 25 year old man with coexisting tuberculosis (Lepr Rev 1999;70:345)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Lepromatous leprosy exhibits large, pale, round histiocytes without granulomas and with no / rare necrosis
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Well developed germinal centers
Foamy histiocytes
contain M. leprae
Positive stains
- Acid fast (modified Ziehl-Neelsen)
Differential diagnosis
- Lymphoma: clinically, (Lepr Rev 2005;76:87)
