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Case report

An unexpected leprosy diagnosis in Nordic patient with skin lesions

Arnhild Binde
1
,
Johannes Hendricus van der Stoep
1
,
Camilla Sivesind Mehlum
2
,
Monika Aneta Dzieniecka
1

  1. Department of Pathology, Innlandet Hospital, Lillehammer, Norway
  2. Department of Microbiology, Innlandet Hospital, Lillehammer, Norway
Pol J Pathol 2025; 76 (4): 355-359
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjp.2025.158044
Online publish date: 2026/02/23
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