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Leprosy Presenting as Symmetric Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Younggwang Kim, Hyung-Soo Lee, Hyung Seok Lee, Ha Young Shin, Seung Min Kim
Korean Journal of Neuromuscular Disorders 2015;7(1):41-44.
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A 73-year-old woman presented with progressive, symmetric distal dominant sensory change followed by motor weakness accompanied with multiple skin lesions. Neurologic examinations and electrophysiologic study revealed demyelinating polyneuropathy. Diagnosis of leprous neuropathy was made with skin biopsy. This rare presentation of leprosy indicates leprosy can be considered as differential diagnosis in patients with clinically evident progressive polyneuropathy.

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