Diagnosis: Leprosy tuberculoid
Description: Scattered annular plaques
Morphology: Annular
Site: Back
Sex: M
Age: 55
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ted Rosen
Differential DiagnosisHistory: Multiple but widely scattered, annular anesthetic plaques on the trunk of a Vietnamese immigrant to the USA. There were a few similar lesions on the chest. Face clear. Biopsy showed a small number of acid-fast bacilli. We classified this as borderline tuberculoid to borderline Hansen's disease.