Histoid leprosy misdiagnosed as dermatofibroma: a case report

作者：Xu, J.; Wang, Q.; He, R.^*; Yang, L.; Wu, F.; Pan, H.

来源：Hong Kong Journal of Dermatology & Venereology, 2021, 29(1): 32-35.

• Dermatofibroma
• histoid leprosy
• misdiagnosis

Histoid leprosy is an uncommon variant of lepromatous leprosy. Its differential diagnoses include dermatofibroma, neurofibroma, molluscum contagiosum, xanthoma, keloids and can result in misdiagnosis in clinical practice. Herein, we report a female patient with histoid leprosy misdiagnosed as dermatofibroma, in order to illustrate the possibility of misdiagnosis, and give physicians an insight into histoid leprosy.

• 单位
  南方医科大学