PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 8 Mycobacterial Diseases
166 Leprosy
 | Figure 166-1 Estimated prevalence of leprosy at the turn of the millennium. Because data on leprosy prevalence in many endemic countries are unreliable, global prevalence is difficult to assess with any great degree of accuracy; however, it is not falling (see text). (Courtesy of Patrick J. Brennan, PhD, with... |
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 | Figure 166-2 Tuberculoid (TT) leprosy: a well-defined, hypopigmented, anesthetic macule with anhidrosis and a raised granular margin (arrowhead). |
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 | Figure 166-3 Lepromatous (LL) leprosy: advanced nodular lesions. |
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 | Figure 166-4 Moderately severe skin lesions of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), some with pustulation and ulceration. |
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