BULLOUS ERYTHEMA-NODOSUM LEPROSUM - ONE O BSERVATION IN FRENCH-GUYANA

Background. Polar and borderline lepromatosis leprosy can be complicat ed by type 2 reactional states, including erythema nodosum leprosum. C ase report. A 36-year-old man was treated for lepromatous leprosum. He consulted for recurrent erythema nodosum leprosum. Certain nodular le sions were bullous. Histopathology demonstrated major dermal edema cau sing bullous blisters. Treatment with thalidomide led to rapid regress ion. Discussion. The bullous form of erythema nodosum leprosum is rare ly described in the literature. It raises the diffential diagnosis wit h other bullous dermatoses, particulary Sweet's syndrome.