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Diagnosis | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images | Positive stains | Differential diagnosisCite this page: DePond W. Leprosy. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/lymphnodesleprosy.html. Accessed May 29th, 2020.
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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with lymphocytic cuff, paracortex
is almost devoid of lymphocytes
contain M. leprae
Positive stains
- Acid fast (modified Ziehl-Neelsen)
Differential diagnosis
- Lymphoma: clinically, (Lepr Rev 2005;76:87)
