Histoid Leprosy & Lucio Phenomenon — Topic Test
6 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 30-year-old man presents with a well-defined, asymmetric anaesthetic hypopigmented plaque on the cheek with a thickened, palpable great auricular nerve and loss of sensation over the patch. A slit-skin smear is negative for acid-fast bacilli. Which is the most likely classification of his leprosy?
ALepromatous (LL)
BHistoid leprosy
CTuberculoid (TT)
DBorderline lepromatous (BL)