TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Biopsy KW - Child KW - Female KW - Foot KW - Hand KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged AU - Arora S K AU - Mukhija R D AU - Mohan L AU - Girdhar M AU - Sharma S P AB -

Out of 500 leprosy patients screened for palmar and/or plantar lesions, eighteen cases were detected. They were classified according to Ridley-Jopling classification. In majority of cases it was macular lesion. Cases were from TT, BT and BB group. In 50% cases, palmo-plantar involvement was associated with type I reaction. In 66.7% cases, it was extension of patch from surrounding area, 11.1% cases isolated lesions were seen and in 22.2% cases both extension as well as isolated lesions were present.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2746029?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1989 Apr IS - 2 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

Out of 500 leprosy patients screened for palmar and/or plantar lesions, eighteen cases were detected. They were classified according to Ridley-Jopling classification. In majority of cases it was macular lesion. Cases were from TT, BT and BB group. In 50% cases, palmo-plantar involvement was associated with type I reaction. In 66.7% cases, it was extension of patch from surrounding area, 11.1% cases isolated lesions were seen and in 22.2% cases both extension as well as isolated lesions were present.

PY - 1989 SP - 206 EP - 8 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - A study of palmo-plantar lesions in leprosy: a preliminary report. VL - 61 SN - 0254-9395 ER -