Leprosy in a Patient With Lymphoma: A Challenge in the Twenty-First Century
Eulália Antunes, Inês M Araújo, Francisco Cubal, José L Sousa, Sueila Martins, Fernando Guimarães, Rita Tenreiro, Marisol Guerra, Manuel Cunha · 2023
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Description
Antunes and co-authors describe a man whose two slow diseases collided. The South American patient lived in Europe for over fourteen years when he was referred to a blood clinic for a lasting rise in one kind of white cell. Testing pointed to a B-cell growth disorder. During follow-up he developed skin patches on his limbs with loss of feeling, and a biopsy named lepromatous leprosy, a disease many think of as past.
He completed a long three-drug course for leprosy. More than seven years after the blood problem began, his spleen swelled and testing gave a second diagnosis, mantle cell lymphoma, treated with chemo-immunotherapy and maintenance antibody treatment. Fifty-eight months after the leprosy therapy ended, the leprosy returned, and a new mix brought it under control. The authors ask whether preventive antibiotics should be given when patients receive immune-suppressing care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Eulália Antunes, Inês M Araújo, Francisco Cubal, José L Sousa, Sueila Martins, Fernando Guimarães, Rita Tenreiro, Marisol Guerra, Manuel Cunha |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |