01408nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653001100089653001100100653001200111653000900123653001600132653001900148653002500167100001400192700001500206700001800221700001000239700001300249245006700262300000900329490000700338520074700345022001401092       1983                            d  c1983 Jan10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMouth Diseases10aMycobacterium leprae1 aAlfieri N1 aFleury R N1 aOpromolla D V1 aUra S1 aCampos I00aOral lesions in borderline and reactional tuberculoid leprosy.  a52-70 v553 a<p>Thirty patients, fifteen with borderline and fifteen with reactional tuberculoid leprosy, were submitted to clinical and histopathologic studies of the buccal mucosa for detection of specific lesions. Five reactional tuberculoid and eight borderline patients presented specific conditions characterized by chronic granulomatous lesions with bacilli, chronic granulomatous lesions without bacilli, and nonspecific chronic inflammatory lesions with bacilli. The infiltrate had small extension, low bacterial levels and the mucosa, with the exception of one case, did not show ulceration. These results suggest that in the reactional tuberculoid and borderline patients the buccal mucosa is not an important source of bacilli elimination.</p>  a0030-4220