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ArticleSkin health and disease2026

Verrucous form of Hansen disease: a diagnostic dilemma.

Prajwal Pudasaini, Sushil Paudel, Sagar Gc, Bandana Parajuli, Prashanta Pudasaini, Esna Thapa, Faisal Dubash

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Article in Skin health and disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Prajwal PudasainiDepartment of Dermatology, Civil Service Hospital, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Sushil PaudelDepartment of Dermatology, Civil Service Hospital, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Sagar GcDepartment of Dermatology, Civil Service Hospital, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Bandana ParajuliDepartment of Dermatology, Civil Service Hospital, Minbhawan, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Prashanta PudasainiDepartment of Surgery, Helping Hands Community Hospital, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Esna ThapaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Kathmandu, Bagmati Provence, Nepal.
Faisal DubashDepartment of Dermatology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-2075

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a leprosy endemic country like Nepal, Hansen disease should always be kept in the list of differential diagnoses due to its varied clinical features and also it being a common mimicker.

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