Bone lesions of the finger in a 20-year-old leprosy patient are described to show their diagnostic value. The aetiological differences between specific (caused by Mycobacterium leprae itself) and unspecific osseal changes are morphologically noticeable in morbus Hansen. The X-ray picture shows cystic lightening by granulomatous destruction and distal absorption of the bone. These lesions are typical, and radiological investigations might be the first step in the diagnosis of leprosy. In our case, ostitis leprosa multiplex cystica, an early, specific bone lesion, was predominant.
BT - Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3894289?dopt=Abstract DA - 1985 Jun IS - 6 J2 - Hautarzt LA - ger N2 -Bone lesions of the finger in a 20-year-old leprosy patient are described to show their diagnostic value. The aetiological differences between specific (caused by Mycobacterium leprae itself) and unspecific osseal changes are morphologically noticeable in morbus Hansen. The X-ray picture shows cystic lightening by granulomatous destruction and distal absorption of the bone. These lesions are typical, and radiological investigations might be the first step in the diagnosis of leprosy. In our case, ostitis leprosa multiplex cystica, an early, specific bone lesion, was predominant.
PY - 1985 SP - 347 EP - 50 T2 - Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete TI - [Osteitis leprosa multiplex cystica--an early symptom of lepromatous leprosy]. VL - 36 SN - 0017-8470 ER -