TY - JOUR KW - Adult KW - Female KW - Hepatomegaly KW - Humans KW - Laparoscopy KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Splenomegaly AU - Herrerias J M AU - Ariza A AU - Garrido M AB -

The authors performed laparoscopy on eight patients (six females and two males) with lepromatous leprosy. The findings show that goose flesh hepatomegaly (100% of the cases), and red or gray splenomegaly (75% of the cases) can be considered as laparoscopic hallmarks of lepromatous leprosy.

BT - Endoscopy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6445823?dopt=Abstract DA - 1980 May DO - 10.1055/s-2007-1021726 IS - 3 J2 - Endoscopy LA - eng N2 -

The authors performed laparoscopy on eight patients (six females and two males) with lepromatous leprosy. The findings show that goose flesh hepatomegaly (100% of the cases), and red or gray splenomegaly (75% of the cases) can be considered as laparoscopic hallmarks of lepromatous leprosy.

PY - 1980 SP - 121 EP - 3 T2 - Endoscopy TI - Laparoscopic aspects of lepromatous leprosy. VL - 12 SN - 0013-726X ER -