Patients (121) with leprosy admitted for institutional treatment in the leprosy centre of a mid-zonal hospital during a space of two and half years (from Jan 2011 to Jun 2013) were studied. Predominant clinical and histopathological type was borderline tuberculoid. Most of the patients were in the age group 20-30 years. Predominant clinical presentations were single or few hypopigmented/erythematous hypoaesthetic macules/plaques and multiple thickened nerves. Deformities were present in 12 (10%) cases. Clinico-histopathological correlation was more than 80%. Three cases of lepromatous leprosy presented with erythematous nodules. Skin smears were AFB positive in all lepromatous (LL) cases but paraffin embedded sections gave a low yield of AFB positivity. The full spectrum of clinicopathological types of leprosy patients is presented in this study.
BT - International journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutial research IS - 3 J2 - Ijppr.Human LA - eng N2 -Patients (121) with leprosy admitted for institutional treatment in the leprosy centre of a mid-zonal hospital during a space of two and half years (from Jan 2011 to Jun 2013) were studied. Predominant clinical and histopathological type was borderline tuberculoid. Most of the patients were in the age group 20-30 years. Predominant clinical presentations were single or few hypopigmented/erythematous hypoaesthetic macules/plaques and multiple thickened nerves. Deformities were present in 12 (10%) cases. Clinico-histopathological correlation was more than 80%. Three cases of lepromatous leprosy presented with erythematous nodules. Skin smears were AFB positive in all lepromatous (LL) cases but paraffin embedded sections gave a low yield of AFB positivity. The full spectrum of clinicopathological types of leprosy patients is presented in this study.
PY - 2018 SP - 83 EP - 88 T2 - International journal of pharmacy & pharmaceutial research TI - Clinico-Pathological Profile of Leprosy Cases in an Institutional Setting UR - https://tinyurl.com/y8gtcuhj VL - 11 ER -