01113nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001900042653001100061653002100072653002100093653001200114653000900126653001600135653001500151100001300166700001500179700001800194245005700212300001100269490000700280520059600287       1979                            d  c1979 May 18-2510aHumans10aImmunoglobulin A10aImmunoglobulin G10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSkin Tests1 aGodeau P1 aWechsler B1 aWeisselberg C00a[A case of autochthonous leprosy (author's transl)].  a958-640 v553 a<p>A case is reported of autochthonous leprosy in a French patient who had never lived in an endemic zone. The disease was of the lepromatous leprosy type and the liver, spleen, skin nerves and muscles were affected. Characteristic findings were Hansen's bacillus in nasal scrapings, a deficiency in cellular immunity, and the presence of cryoglobulins and circulating immune complexes. Autochthonous leprosy which has not been imported, and without signs of direct contagion, appears to be exceptionally rare. The authors review the clinical forms of leprosy and immunological findings.</p>