Simultaneous biopsies of the skin and a cutaneous nerve were done in 36 randomly selected leprosy patients and the histopathological features of the lesion in the two tissues were compared. A discrepancy was noticed in 21 instances. In 19 of these cases the lesions in the nerve were found to be immunologically more deficient and were also bacillated, even when the skin lesion had cleared or regressed. The implications of the findings are discussed and the need for further studies is emphasized.
BT - Leprosy in India C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6752578?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1982 Apr IS - 2 J2 - Lepr India LA - eng N2 -Simultaneous biopsies of the skin and a cutaneous nerve were done in 36 randomly selected leprosy patients and the histopathological features of the lesion in the two tissues were compared. A discrepancy was noticed in 21 instances. In 19 of these cases the lesions in the nerve were found to be immunologically more deficient and were also bacillated, even when the skin lesion had cleared or regressed. The implications of the findings are discussed and the need for further studies is emphasized.
PY - 1982 SP - 275 EP - 82 T2 - Leprosy in India TI - Discrepancy in the histopathological features of leprosy lesions in the skin and peripheral nerve. Report of a preliminary study. VL - 54 SN - 0024-1024 ER -