Dermoscopy and clinicopathology features in diagnosing paucibacillary leprosy: Case series.

A wide variety of leprosy clinical manifestations poses an early diagnostic challenge. Currently, various diagnostic modalities have been developed to optimize the definite diagnostic of leprae. Leprosy diagnosis was established based on the presence of either hypopigmented or reddish skin lesions accompanied with loss of sensation, peripheral nerve involvement, and a positive skin-slit smear (SSS) test result for acid-fast bacilli.

Tuberculosis verrucous cutis mimicking chromoblastomycosis: A case report and diagnostic challenges.

Tuberculosis verrucous cutis (TBVc) is a skin infection caused by M. tuberculosis, characterized by the presence of a solitaire verrucous plaque but may present as a varies of different clinical morphologies on the finger and or feet. The diagnosis is often late because of its mimicking other diseases with different etiology.