01796nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001260001800042100001600060700001600076700001600092700001500108700001500123700001500138245011200153856008300265300001200348520122400360020001801584       2020                            d  bAtena Editora1 aFernandes T1 aCorreia BLG1 aVarão ÁHS1 aGomes ATDM1 aSouza CDFD1 aMatias AKS00aÚLCERAS NA HANSENÍASE: BREVE ABORDAGEM E RELATO DE CASO ULCERS IN LEPROSY: BRIEF APPROACH AND CASE REPORT  uhttps://www.finersistemas.com/atenaeditora/index.php/admin/api/artigoPDF/40159  a202-2113 aLeprosy is a chronic infectious disease that, depending on the host's immune response, has different dermatoneurological manifestations. It can vary from macules with altered sensitivity to secondary skin lesions, such as ulcers and irreversible neural involvement. This disease leaves 3 million people with disabilities in the world, being today the main cause of preventable physical disabilities. This work in question presents a brief approach on leprosy ulcers and describes the case report  of a patient with chronic ulcers in the lower limbs, treated as stasis ulcers for eight years, and for which there was an indication of limbs amputation  due to the lack of responses to  conventional treatment. After diagnose lepromatous leprosy and start specific treatment, the patient presented progressive improvement of ulcerative lesions. The authors emphasize the importance of clinicians and specialists being familiar with the various forms of manifestation of this disease, such as the ulcerative form and thus considering it among the differential diagnoses for ulcers in Brazil, especially in hyper-endemic regions, in order to stop the transmission chain and minimize physical, economic and patient well-being  a9786557064689