borderline leprosy


bor·der·line lep·ro·sy

a form of leprosy that is very unstable immunologically; the cutaneous nerves frequently contain bacilli, but the lepromin test is usually negative; cutaneous lesions are composed of flat bands or plaques. Synonym(s): dimorphous leprosy

borderline leprosy

A term for one of two presentations of leprosy, borderline tuberculous leprosy—in which there are a smattering of reactive granulomas with scattered large, sharply demarcated, hairless anaesthetic plaques—and borderline lepromatous leprosy—characterised by skin nodules filled with numerous bacilli.