TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Alveolar Process KW - Animals KW - Anodontia KW - Atrophy KW - Cats KW - Denmark KW - Dogs KW - Female KW - History of Medicine KW - Humans KW - Incisor KW - Jaw KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Nasal Bone KW - Nose KW - Oral Manifestations KW - Paleodontology KW - Syndrome KW - Thailand AU - MOLLER-CHRISTENSEN V AB -

A brief review is presented of the Danish medieval skeletons with leprosy changes, particularly in the skulls, where the pathologic specific changes found are termed facies leprosa. The clinical aspect of facies leprosa is termed Bergen Syndrome I (nasal leprosy) and Bergen Syndrome II (the leprogenic changes of the alveolar process of the maxilla superior with loosening and/or loss of the frontal incisors). An account is given of the interim result of a clinical examination of 333 inpatients at the Prapradaeng Leprosarium in Bangkok, Thailand. In the group of 258 patients with lepromatous leprosy, 62.4% presented Bergen Syndrome I and 16.3% Bergen Syndrome II. These proportions differ clearly from the corresponding ratio found in the Danish medieval skulls.

BT - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4617722?dopt=Abstract DA - 1974 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Int. J. Lepr. Other Mycobact. Dis. LA - eng N2 -

A brief review is presented of the Danish medieval skeletons with leprosy changes, particularly in the skulls, where the pathologic specific changes found are termed facies leprosa. The clinical aspect of facies leprosa is termed Bergen Syndrome I (nasal leprosy) and Bergen Syndrome II (the leprogenic changes of the alveolar process of the maxilla superior with loosening and/or loss of the frontal incisors). An account is given of the interim result of a clinical examination of 333 inpatients at the Prapradaeng Leprosarium in Bangkok, Thailand. In the group of 258 patients with lepromatous leprosy, 62.4% presented Bergen Syndrome I and 16.3% Bergen Syndrome II. These proportions differ clearly from the corresponding ratio found in the Danish medieval skulls.

PY - 1974 SP - 431 EP - 5 T2 - International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases : official organ of the International Leprosy Association TI - Changes in the anterior nasal spine and the alveolar process of the macillae in leprosy a clinical examination. UR - http://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v42n4a08.pdf VL - 42 SN - 0148-916X ER -