00850nas a2200157 4500000000100000008004100001653002600042653003000068653001200098100001200110700001600122700002700138245005700165490000600222520046400228 2017 d10aOcular manifestations10aMulti drug regime therapy10aleprosy1 aSubha L1 aRavikumar R1 aPalanimuthukumaran P M00aA Clinical Study of Ocular Manifestations of Leprosy0 v13 a
The ocular manifestations in 75 cases revealed that majority of them had brown and eyelash madarosis constituting 33%, Lagophthalmos 10.6%, exposure keratitis 9.3% and chronic dacroyocystitis 1.3%. Of the total study group, 47% of the population had no ocular manifestations, indicating the efficacy of early detection of disease and its effective control with multi drug regime therapy. A higher incidence of leprosy was recorded in male population.