TY - JOUR
KW - Oral lesions
KW - leprosy
KW - Premaxillary gingiva
KW - Hard palate
AU - Kishve 
AU - Giri 
AU - Shinde 
AB - Leprosy was first described in the ancient Indian texts from the 6th century BC, as a non fatal, chronic infectious disease which was caused by Mycobacterium leprae, whose clinical manifestation was largely confined to the skin, the peripheral nervous system, the upper respiratory tract, the eyes, and the testis. Oral lesions are rare, but when they are present, they occur in the lepromatous form. This article describes the clinical and the microscopic findings of a case of lepromatous leprosy with oral manifestations. The diagnosis was based on the clinical and histopathological findings, the multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy was started and continued for 24 months and the patient completed the treatment. We describe here, a case of a 64 yrs
old female who presented to us with a large, left premaxillary growth. Clinically, a large, well defined, lobulated mass over the left premaxillary region and the adjoining gingiva was observed.
BT - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
CN - KISHVE 2011
DA - 11/2011
IS - 6
J2 - J Clin Diagn Res
LA - eng
M1 - November (Suppl-1)
N2 - Leprosy was first described in the ancient Indian texts from the 6th century BC, as a non fatal, chronic infectious disease which was caused by Mycobacterium leprae, whose clinical manifestation was largely confined to the skin, the peripheral nervous system, the upper respiratory tract, the eyes, and the testis. Oral lesions are rare, but when they are present, they occur in the lepromatous form. This article describes the clinical and the microscopic findings of a case of lepromatous leprosy with oral manifestations. The diagnosis was based on the clinical and histopathological findings, the multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy was started and continued for 24 months and the patient completed the treatment. We describe here, a case of a 64 yrs
old female who presented to us with a large, left premaxillary growth. Clinically, a large, well defined, lobulated mass over the left premaxillary region and the adjoining gingiva was observed.
PY - 2011
SP - 1286
EP - 88
T2 - Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
TI - Leprosy of The Hard Palate and The Premaxillary Gingiva: A Case Report
UR - http://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/1632/2902_060911_2902_E(C)_F(D)_PF(_)_P(_).pdf
VL - 5
ER -