01558nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001700055653001100072653001100083653002500094653000900119653001600128100001500144700001800159245002800177856005900205300000900264490000700273050003200280520099000312022001401302       1989                            d  c1989 Mar10aEye diseases10aFemale10aHumans10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aMale10aSex Factors1 aSoshamma G1 aSuryawanshi N00aEye lesions in leprosy.  uhttp://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1989/v60n1/pdf/v60n1a05.pdf  a33-80 v60  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Out of 742 out-patients screened for ocular disease, 177 (24%) had eye lesions due to leprosy. These were more in the lepromatous spectrum of the disease and showed increasing trend with age of patient and duration of the disease. Madarosis was the commonest lesion (76%). The serious and sight threatening lesions like lagophthalmos, corneal anaesthesia, corneal opacities and ulcers, iritis and complicated cataracts constituted 8.22% of the lesions. Blindness due to corneal opacity and complicated cataract developed in 6 patients, constituting 3.4% of eye lesions with a prevalence rate of 0.8% among all the leprosy patients. Although the blinding lesions occurred in a very small percentage of patients, most of these are preventable through early recognition and institution of appropriate treatment. The simple techniques of examination to detect potentially sight threatening lesions should be taught to all leprosy workers to prevent blindness among leprosy patients.</p>  a0305-7518