01220nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001800055653001000073653002600083653001900109653001400128653003200142653003100174653001800205653001100223653001200234653000900246653003900255100001900294700001300313700001500326700001300341245006500354300001000419490000700429520045600436022001400892       1994                            d  c1994 Sep10aAcute disease10aAdult10aAmputation, Traumatic10aBiopsy, Needle10aCausality10aEmergency Service, Hospital10aEmigration and Immigration10aHand Injuries10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases1 aMoradzadeh D S1 aAnglin D1 aHutson H R1 aGasser S00aAn unusual cause of hand trauma in the emergency department.  a526-90 v243 a<p>Leprosy was once a severely mutilating and incapacitating disease with little hope for the afflicted. Today, patients with leprosy do not suffer from the obvious deformities seen in earlier days, so recognition of this disease has become more difficult. We report the case of a man with no previous disabilities who presented to the emergency department with acute unintentional hand trauma secondary to peripheral neuropathy caused by leprosy.</p>  a0196-0644