01640nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653000900080653001000089653003000099653001100129653002300140653001100163653002400174653002500198653000900223653001600232653001100248100001400259700001900273245009800292856007800390300001000468490000700478520082700485022001401312       1998                            d  c1998 Feb10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aChild10aEye Infections, Bacterial10aFemale10aHospitals, Special10aHumans10aLeprosy, Borderline10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aTurkey1 aCakiner T1 aKaraçorlu M A00aOphthalmic findings of newly diagnosed leprosy patients in Istanbul Leprosy Hospital, Turkey.  uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760119.x/epdf  a100-20 v763 a<p>The objective of this study was to detect ocular lesions of newly diagnosed leprosy cases admitted to Istanbul Leprosy Hospital. The patients were categorized according to sex, age, type of leprosy and duration of the disease. Their eyes were categorized as with or without ocular findings due to leprosy. The total number of patients was 21. The mean age was 22+/-4.6 years, the duration of the disease was 36.3+/-19.6 months. Madarosis was the most common finding in this group. It was found in 15 patients (71.4%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 47.8-88.7%). As a second common finding related to corneal alterations, 13 patients had nerve thickening (61.9%, 95% CI 38.4-81.8%). None of our patients had trichiasis, episcleritis, scleritis, cataract, iris atrophy, iris pearl, abnormal vitreous or retinal findings.</p>  a1395-3907