01331nas a2200181 4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653002300054653002400077653001900101100001300120700001600133245007800149856003300227300001000260490000700270520087200277 2018 d10aleprosy10aHansen’s disease10aClinicopathological10aHistopathology1 aDeora MS1 aKushwaha AS00aClinico-Pathological Profile of Leprosy Cases in an Institutional Setting uhttps://tinyurl.com/y8gtcuhj a83-880 v113 a

Patients (121) with leprosy admitted for institutional treatment in the leprosy centre of a mid-zonal hospital during a space of two and half years (from Jan 2011 to Jun 2013) were studied. Predominant clinical and histopathological type was borderline tuberculoid. Most of the patients were in the age group 20-30 years. Predominant clinical presentations were single or few hypopigmented/erythematous hypoaesthetic macules/plaques and multiple thickened nerves. Deformities were present in 12 (10%) cases. Clinico-histopathological correlation was more than 80%. Three cases of lepromatous leprosy presented with erythematous nodules. Skin smears were AFB positive in all lepromatous (LL) cases but paraffin embedded sections gave a low yield of AFB positivity. The full spectrum of clinicopathological types of leprosy patients is presented in this study.