Case Report
De Novo Histoid Leprosy in an Elderly: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Figure 2
(a) Atrophic epidermis with underlying histoid nodule mimicking benign fibrohistiocytic lesion. Narrow grenz zone and intact hair follicle are appreciable (Leishman, × 40); (b) Leproma at higher magnification depicting spindle-round-polygonal cells (Leishman, × 400); (c) Leproma depicting intact small dermal nerve entrapped within spindle-polygonal vacuolated cells (Leishman, × 400); (d) Myriads of AFB-clusters and singly scattered (Ziehl Neelsen, × 1000).