TRICHOEPITHELIOMATOUS INFILTRATION OF THE SKIN SIMULATING LEPROSY

Authors
OROZCOCOVARRUBIAS MDL URIBEREA C TAMAYOSANCHEZ L DURANMCKINSTER C RUIZMALDONADO R
Citation
Mdl. Orozcocovarrubias et al., TRICHOEPITHELIOMATOUS INFILTRATION OF THE SKIN SIMULATING LEPROSY, Pediatric dermatology, 10(3), 1993, pp. 252-255
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07368046
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
252 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0736-8046(1993)10:3<252:TIOTSS>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A 13-year-old girl had a six-year history of infiltrated erythematous plaques on the face, alopecia of the eyebrows, diff use alopecia of th e scalp, and absence of body hair. Histologically, the lesions on the face and body corresponded to trichoepitheliomas. The lesions on the f ace clinically simulated lepromatous leprosy. This case probably repre sents an entity not previously described,