Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

GRANULOMA ANNULARE MASQUERADING AS HANSEN'S DISEASE- A CASE REPORT

Sivaramkrishnan. S, B. S Subhasree, Jayakar Thomas

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Granuloma annulare is a common granulomatous skin condition predominantly affecting children and young adults and characterized clinically by the appearance of multiple papules which may be arranged in an annular pattern. Common areas of involvement include the arms, legs, hands and feet.  Hansen’s disease is a chronic infectious disease caused due to Mycobacterium leprae infection. Leprosy should be considered in an endemic country like India which still continues to account for 60% of new cases reported globally each year. Here we report a case of Granuloma annulare in a young girl who presented with a well–defined plaque over her hand with and an erythematous raised border raising the suspicion of a Hansen’s patch.

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Sivaramkrishnan.S, B.S Subhasree, Jayakar Thomas, GRANULOMA ANNULARE MASQUERADING AS HANSEN'S DISEASE- A CASE REPORT, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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