@article{21671,
  keywords = {Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Incidence, India, Leprosy, lepromatous, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium leprae, Skin, Young Adult},
  author = {Mendiratta V and Jain A and Chander R and Khan A and Barara M},
  title = {A nine-year clinico-epidemiological study of Histoid Hansen in India.},
  abstract = {<p><b>INTRODUCTION: </b>Histoid Hansen is rare but a well-defined entity with specific clinical, histopathological, and bacteriological features. The incidence has been reported to vary from 1-2% amongst total leprosy patients.</p><p><b>METHODOLOGY: </b>We performed a retrospective analysis of the records of patients identified as histoid Hansen on the basis of clinico-histopathological criteria, who attended the Hansen clinic from 2000-2009.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>A total of 962 leprosy patients attended the Hansen clinic from 2000-2009, and of these, 11 (1.14%) were diagnosed as histoid Hansen. The youngest patient on record was 14 years of age. Nearly 70% of the patients were untreated and the rest were on multidrug therapy (MDT) before development of histoid lesions. Three patients showed Erythema nodusum leposum (ENL) reaction.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>India has achieved elimination of leprosy, but new cases of histoid are still recorded with the same incidence rate. Reactions are not uncommon in such forms, and may be a transition phase to manifest lepromatous leprosy. A thorough knowledge and early detection is needed for this uncommon variant of leprosy which can pose a threat to our elimination drive.</p>},
  year = {2011},
  journal = {Journal of infection in developing countries},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {128-31},
  month = {2011 Mar 02},
  issn = {1972-2680},
  url = {http://www.jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/21389593},
  language = {eng},
}