A Case Report on Recurrent Lepra Reaction-Type 2.
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2012-07
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Lepra Reactions (LR) comprises immunologically mediated inflammatory states that cause considerable morbidity.
Type-2 LR occurs exclusively in patients with the lepromatous end of the leprosy spectrum (BL-LL). In 90% of the
cases it follows during or after completion of chemotherapy, generally within 2 years. Here we report a case of type-2
LR. He is a twenty years old fisherman with history of hypopigmented skin lesion 3 years back and was treated as a
case of lepromatous Leprosy (LL). After six months of completion of treatment he developed type-2 LR presenting
with recurrent bouts of fever, polyarthritis, erythema nodusum, orchitis, mononeuritis multiplex and was treated in
Faridpur Medical College Hospital (FMCH) on three occasions within last one and half years.
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Leprosy, Erythema Nodusum, Lepra Reaction
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Ali M Y, Mahmud R, Barman R C, Islam M M S U. A Case Report on Recurrent Lepra Reaction-Type 2. Faridpur Medical College Journal. 2012 July; 7(2): 93-97.