01527nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001100084653001100095653001100106653001200117653000900129653001600138653001300154100001600167700001400183245007400197300001100271490000700282050003200289520092600321022001401247       1986                            d  c1986 Oct-Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aBiopsy10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNeuritis1 aUplekar M W1 aAntia N H00aClinical and histopathological observations on pure neuritic leprosy.  a513-210 v58  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Pure neuritic leprosy is a well accepted clinical entity. In the absence of skin lesions there is a greater possibility of missing the diagnosis of leprosy due particularly to a wide variety of pure neural manifestations that may mimic other peripheral neuropathies. Histopathological studies of pure neuritic leprosy have received less attention for ethical reasons and limitations of surgery. Classification of pure neuritic leprosy poses problems since the histological spectrum (e.g. Ridley-Jopling scale) is based chiefly on the skin picture. Review of the past literature shows conflicting reports about comparability of the skin and nerve pictures. This paper presents clinical and histopathological observations on twelve patients of pure neuritic leprosy, the interesting observations being that all the patients showed lepromin positivity and a narrower histological spectrum, ranging from TT to BB only.</p>  a0254-9395