TY - JOUR
KW - Aged
KW - Brazil
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Facial Dermatoses
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Leprostatic Agents
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Mouth Diseases
KW - Mouth Mucosa
AU - Martins M D
AU - Russo M P
AU - Lemos J B D
AU - Fernandes K P S
AU - Bussadori S K
AU - Corrêa C T
AU - Martins M A T
AB - <p><b>AIM: </b>The aim of the present study was to clinically evaluate the oral mucosa lesions of leprosy patients during and after multi-drug therapy.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Clinical examination, medical and dental history examination was performed in 100 leprosy patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The results revealed that 71 patients, 50 men and 21 women, exibited oral lesions. The most frequent lesions were: fissured tongue (18 cases), inflammatory papillary hyperplasia (16 cases), chronic atrophic candidiasis (10 cases), fibroma (10 cases), erythematous candidiasis (eight cases), and traumatic ulceration (seven cases).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>We conclude that leprosy-related lesions are not present in patients undergoing treatment for leprosy, probably due to response to multidrug therapy.</p>
BT - Oral diseases
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17448207?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2007 May
DO - 10.1111/j.1601-0825.2006.01275.x
IS - 3
J2 - Oral Dis
LA - eng
N2 - <p><b>AIM: </b>The aim of the present study was to clinically evaluate the oral mucosa lesions of leprosy patients during and after multi-drug therapy.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>Clinical examination, medical and dental history examination was performed in 100 leprosy patients.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>The results revealed that 71 patients, 50 men and 21 women, exibited oral lesions. The most frequent lesions were: fissured tongue (18 cases), inflammatory papillary hyperplasia (16 cases), chronic atrophic candidiasis (10 cases), fibroma (10 cases), erythematous candidiasis (eight cases), and traumatic ulceration (seven cases).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>We conclude that leprosy-related lesions are not present in patients undergoing treatment for leprosy, probably due to response to multidrug therapy.</p>
PY - 2007
SP - 270
EP - 3
T2 - Oral diseases
TI - Orofacial lesions in treated southeast Brazilian leprosy patients: a cross-sectional study.
VL - 13
SN - 1354-523X
ER -