Zoster-like segmental presentation of lepromatous leprosy

摘要

The Ridley-Jopling classification places leprosy patients into a spectrum with polartuberculoid (TT) and lepromatous (LL) and middle types of borderline tuberculoid (BT),mid-borderline (BB) and borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy.1These have been categorised,for treatment purposes, into paucibacillary (PB) and multibacillary (MB) depending on lesioncounts and the results of skin smear examinations