TY - JOUR KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Aging KW - Bone and Bones KW - Bone Cysts KW - Disability Evaluation KW - Disabled Persons KW - Female KW - Foot KW - Foot Diseases KW - Hand KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Occupations KW - Osteoporosis KW - Radiography AU - Thappa D M AU - Sharma V K AU - Kaur S AU - Suri S AB -

Seventy-six consecutive leprosy patients with disabilities were subjected to radiological examination of hands and feet, and bone changes were found in 63 of them (82.9%). Specific, nonspecific and osteoporotic bone changes were observed in 22.4%, 78.9% and 28.9% of cases respectively. Bone cysts (10.5%), subarticular erosions (10.5%) and enlargement of nutrient foramina (5.3%) were the common specific bone changes whereas bone absorptive changes (59.2%), soft tissue changes (39.5%) and concentric absorption (39.5%) were the most frequent nonspecific bone changes. Specific bone changes were more common in older patients (age 40 years) and nonspecific bone changes correlated with duration of disease, duration of deformity, and disability index. Osteoporotic bone changes were found to be affected by ageing and severity of disability of hands and feet.

BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1533411?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1992 Jan-Mar IS - 1 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -

Seventy-six consecutive leprosy patients with disabilities were subjected to radiological examination of hands and feet, and bone changes were found in 63 of them (82.9%). Specific, nonspecific and osteoporotic bone changes were observed in 22.4%, 78.9% and 28.9% of cases respectively. Bone cysts (10.5%), subarticular erosions (10.5%) and enlargement of nutrient foramina (5.3%) were the common specific bone changes whereas bone absorptive changes (59.2%), soft tissue changes (39.5%) and concentric absorption (39.5%) were the most frequent nonspecific bone changes. Specific bone changes were more common in older patients (age 40 years) and nonspecific bone changes correlated with duration of disease, duration of deformity, and disability index. Osteoporotic bone changes were found to be affected by ageing and severity of disability of hands and feet.

PY - 1992 SP - 58 EP - 66 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Radiological changes in hands and feet in disabled leprosy patients: a clinico-radiological correlation. VL - 64 SN - 0254-9395 ER -