TY - JOUR KW - leprosy KW - India KW - Bone involvement KW - Bone changes AU - Ankad B AU - Halawar R AB -
Leprosy (Hansen disease) is a slowly progressive, infectious, chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Bone involvement is one of the principal prognostic factors in leprosy. Imaging in leprosy could aid in the diagnosis of bone disease. Here, authors present a case of leprosy with trophic ulcer and its radiological changes.
BT - Radiology of Infectious Diseases DO - 10.1016/j.jrid.2015.02.007 J2 - Radiology of Infectious Diseases LA - eng N2 -
Leprosy (Hansen disease) is a slowly progressive, infectious, chronic granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Bone involvement is one of the principal prognostic factors in leprosy. Imaging in leprosy could aid in the diagnosis of bone disease. Here, authors present a case of leprosy with trophic ulcer and its radiological changes.
PY - 2015 T2 - Radiology of Infectious Diseases TI - Bone involvement in leprosy: Early changes UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235262111500011X SN - 23526211 ER -