Multibacillary Leprosy with Positive Serology Misdiagnosed as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

July 2022 in “ BMJ Case Reports ”

Shaimaa Shoela, Nouran Eshak, Asmaa Beltagy, Mahmoud Abdelnabi

alopecia photosensitivity malar rash maculopapular skin rash

TLDR A woman was wrongly diagnosed with lupus but actually had leprosy.

A woman in her 30s, initially diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) due to symptoms like alopecia, arthritis, photosensitivity, malar rash, and a diffuse maculopapular skin rash, was later found to have multibacillary leprosy. This misdiagnosis occurred despite positive serology for SLE, highlighting the importance of considering differential diagnoses in similar clinical presentations.

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