TY - JOUR
KW - Abscess
KW - Adolescent
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
KW - Radial Nerve
KW - Ulnar nerve
AU - Choudhury S B
AU - Srinivasan H
AB - <p>An instance of nerve abscesses developing in a patient with lepromatous leprosy is reported. The pathogenesis of nerve abscess in lepromatous leprosy is briefly discussed. It appears that such abscesses may develop (i) from an ENL lesion in the nerve during ENL reaction, (ii) because of exacerbation of existing lepromatous lesion, (iii) arise as an "exacerbation nodule", (iv) due to quiet necrosis in a lepromatous granuloma, or (v) it may be iatrogenic.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/201799?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1977 Jul
IS - 3
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>An instance of nerve abscesses developing in a patient with lepromatous leprosy is reported. The pathogenesis of nerve abscess in lepromatous leprosy is briefly discussed. It appears that such abscesses may develop (i) from an ENL lesion in the nerve during ENL reaction, (ii) because of exacerbation of existing lepromatous lesion, (iii) arise as an "exacerbation nodule", (iv) due to quiet necrosis in a lepromatous granuloma, or (v) it may be iatrogenic.</p>
PY - 1977
SP - 330
EP - 8
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - Nerve abscess in lepromatous leprosy. A case report and a discussion of pathogenesis.
VL - 49
SN - 0024-1024
ER -