OBJECTIVES: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients.
STUDY DESIGN: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1). After explaining the study design, we studied descriptive information including: patient' s sex, age, job, place of birth, familial history of leprosy, types of disease (lepromatous, borderline and tuberculoid leprosy), ocular and oral lesions, facial involvement and neuropathy. The statistical signification was measured by chi-square test.
RESULTS: A total of 46 (23 lepromatous, 15 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) out of 100 patients with leprosy had oral lesions. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference in frequency of oral lesions between different types of disease. Facial lesions were presented in 57 (39 lepromatous, 10 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) patients. There was a statistical significant difference in frequency of facial manifestations between different types of leprosy. It has to be mentioned that, atrophy of nasal spine, facial nerve involvement, ocular lesions and facial deformity were seen in 15%, 17%, 22% and 44% of leprosy patients, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Examination of leprosy patients should be extended to the oral mucosa because oral mucosa may be a secondary source of M.Leprae transmission and infection.
BT - Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22322502?dopt=Abstract C2 - Spain CY - Valencia DA - 2012 Sep 01 DO - 10.4317/medoral.17718 IS - 5 J2 - Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal LA - eng N2 -OBJECTIVES: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients.
STUDY DESIGN: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1). After explaining the study design, we studied descriptive information including: patient' s sex, age, job, place of birth, familial history of leprosy, types of disease (lepromatous, borderline and tuberculoid leprosy), ocular and oral lesions, facial involvement and neuropathy. The statistical signification was measured by chi-square test.
RESULTS: A total of 46 (23 lepromatous, 15 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) out of 100 patients with leprosy had oral lesions. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference in frequency of oral lesions between different types of disease. Facial lesions were presented in 57 (39 lepromatous, 10 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) patients. There was a statistical significant difference in frequency of facial manifestations between different types of leprosy. It has to be mentioned that, atrophy of nasal spine, facial nerve involvement, ocular lesions and facial deformity were seen in 15%, 17%, 22% and 44% of leprosy patients, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Examination of leprosy patients should be extended to the oral mucosa because oral mucosa may be a secondary source of M.Leprae transmission and infection.
PB - Medicina Oral S.L. PP - Valencia PY - 2012 SP - e728 EP - 32 T2 - Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal TI - Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients. UR - http://www.medicinaoral.com/medoralfree01/aop/17718.pdf VL - 17 SN - 1698-6946 ER -