Lepromatous leprosy: local (acute) exacerbation reaction

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Lepromatous leprosy: local (acute) exacerbation reaction. SB Lucas. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Lepromatous leprosy (LL): local (acute) exacerbation reaction (LER) This high power view of a skin section from an LL patient shows LER. There are large numbers of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) within macrophages, and scattered neutrophils. Wade-Fite stain.

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