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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Perineurial infiltration: Not always leprosy
Shatavisha DasGupta1, Shibabrata Mukherjee2, Ram Narayan Das1, Uttara Chatterjee1, Mitali Chtterjee2
1 Department of Pathology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, IPGME&R, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
Shatavisha DasGupta
15A/7, East Road, Santoshpur, Kolkata - 700 075, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.149508
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Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis, generally develops 6 months 10 years after apparent successful cure from visceral leishmaniasis. Rarely, it shows the feature of perineurial infiltration. This causes diagnostic confusion with tuberculoid leprosy, especially in countries like India, where leprosy is endemic. |
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