01176nas a2200325 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653001200051653001100063653001800074653002100092653002200113653001400135653001100149653001600160653001200176653001600188653001200204653002500216653001300241653000900254653001700263653001300280100001400293700001400307245006700321300001000388490000700398520044500405 1986 d c198610aAtrophy10aBiopsy10aBlood Vessels10aErythema Nodosum10aFollow-Up Studies10aGranuloma10aHumans10aHyperplasia10aleprosy10aMacrophages10aMorocco10aMycobacterium leprae10aNecrosis10aSkin10aTime Factors10aVacuoles1 aRavisse P1 aRollier R00a[Histopathology of leprosy. Study of more than 2300 biopsies]. a172-90 v793 a

2,326 biopsies on Moroccan subjects suffering of leprosy had been studied in 4 years. After a critical study of histopathologic diagnosis and the classifications, the authors studied especially the lepromatous granuloma, its evolution during treatment and the lepromatous reactions. Defining histologically a reactional background, they make a certain generalisation among all the types of reactions observed in lepromatous patients.