01593nas a2200385   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653000900055653002200064653001200086653001600098653002100114653001100135653001900146653001100165653001100176653001200187653001300199653000900212653001600221653001500237653001400252653002200266653000900288653002800297100001800325700001300343700001200356700001800368245005700386300001000443490000700453520073300460022001401193       1987                            d  c1987 Sep10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aAmyloid10aAmyloidosis10aBronchopneumonia10aFemale10aHeart Diseases10aHumans10aKidney10aleprosy10aMalaysia10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMyocardium10aNeoplasms10aPeripheral nerves10aSkin10aTuberculosis, Pulmonary1 aJayalakshmi P1 aLooi L M1 aLim K J1 aRajogopalan K00aAutopsy findings in 35 cases of leprosy in Malaysia.  a510-40 v553 a<p>The findings of autopsies performed on 35 leprosy subjects in the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, between January 1981 and December 1985 are presented. This is the first report based on autopsy findings from Malaysia. The patients were elderly subjects with a mean age of 74 years. Sixty-six percent had lepromatous leprosy. None had active skin lesions. The most common cause of death was pyogenic infection, particularly bronchopneumonia. Tuberculosis was noted in 25% of the cases. The other important causes of death included cardiac and renal failure. Renal lesions were evident in 71% of the cases, and the most common pathology was interstitial nephritis. Generalized amyloidosis complicated six (17%) patients.</p>  a0148-916X