00937nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653002600054100001200080700001700092700001500109700001300124245009600137856008300233520043700316022001400753       2021                            d  c03/202110aPure neuritic leprosy1 aTrave I1 aCavalchini A1 aBarabino G1 aParodi A00aA new diagnostic sampling method in pure neural leprosy: the scraping of the myelin sheath.  uhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0365059621000684?via%3Dihub3 aPure Neural Leprosy (PNL) is a form of leprosy characterized by neural involvement without any skin lesions.1 PNL affects about 3%–10% of patients with leprosy and it can occur in any spectrum, although it is more frequent in the tuberculoid type.2 We present a case of a patient affected by PNL diagnosed through the scraping of myelin sheaths of the ulnar nerve, Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining, and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).  a1806-4841