TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Female
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Neuritis
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
AU - Skacel M
AU - Antunes S L
AU - Rodrigues M M
AU - Nery J A
AU - Valentim V D
AU - Morais R P
AU - Sarno E N
AB - <p>Forty-four patients with neuritic leprosy were individually followed for periods ranging from 4 months to almost 4 years for the purpose of ascertaining the presence and/ or absence of leprosy. The neural symptoms presented were sensory impairment (41), parasthesia (28), nerve enlargement (22), nerve tenderness (20), paresia (20), amyotrophy (8). Leprosy was diagnosed in ten out of the total number of patients studied. Leprosy was confirmed by the appearance of reactional neuritis (4), reversal reaction (2), biopsy of the hypoesthesic area (3) and the appearance of non-reactional cutaneous lesion. We reported an experience in the diagnosis of neuritic leprosy and its most frequent clinical presentation with which clinicians have to be acquainted. We can also state that the clinical follow-up was an effective strategy for the diagnosis of the disease when diagnostic facilities are not available or have not confirmed the diagnosis.</p>
BT - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11018814?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2000 Sep
DO - 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500002
IS - 3B
J2 - Arq Neuropsiquiatr
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Forty-four patients with neuritic leprosy were individually followed for periods ranging from 4 months to almost 4 years for the purpose of ascertaining the presence and/ or absence of leprosy. The neural symptoms presented were sensory impairment (41), parasthesia (28), nerve enlargement (22), nerve tenderness (20), paresia (20), amyotrophy (8). Leprosy was diagnosed in ten out of the total number of patients studied. Leprosy was confirmed by the appearance of reactional neuritis (4), reversal reaction (2), biopsy of the hypoesthesic area (3) and the appearance of non-reactional cutaneous lesion. We reported an experience in the diagnosis of neuritic leprosy and its most frequent clinical presentation with which clinicians have to be acquainted. We can also state that the clinical follow-up was an effective strategy for the diagnosis of the disease when diagnostic facilities are not available or have not confirmed the diagnosis.</p>
PY - 2000
SP - 800
EP - 7
T2 - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
TI - The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study.
VL - 58
SN - 0004-282X
ER -