01419nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653001100065653001100076653001100087653001200098653000900110653001600119653001400135653001700149653001000166100001300176700001100189700001200200700001500212700001500227700002000242700002100262245008400283300001200367490000700379520069300386022001401079       1987                            d  c1987 Sep10aAdult10aBiopsy10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPhlebitis10aPhlebography10aVeins1 aBansal R1 aKaur S1 aKumar B1 aSharma V K1 aKatariya S1 aChakravarti R N1 aBusharnamath S R00aVenous involvement in leprosy: a venographic and histopathological correlation.  a499-5060 v553 a<p>Venous system involvement was studied by venography and vein histology in 30 leprosy patients irrespective of age, sex, duration of the disease, and treatment. Vascular abnormalities by venography were seen in 96.3% and by histopathological studies in 76.6% of patients. The percentage and severity of radiological and histological changes increased from tuberculoid to lepromatous in the disease spectrum. Perfect correlation of histology and venography was found in 40% of the paucibacillary patients and good correlation was found in 100%. In multibacillary patients perfect correlation was found in 29.4%, good correlation in 41.1%, and no correlation in 29.4% of the patients.</p>  a0148-916X