TY - JOUR
KW - Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
AU - Kaya D
AU - Garnes N
AU - Robins A
AU - Su SY
AU - Ginsberg LE
AU - Chen M
AB - We report clinical, imaging and pathology findings of a patient with leprosy of the great auricular nerve who presented with palpable nodules and numbness of the left ear and scalp. Ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT imaging of the neck demonstrated diffuse enlargement and enhancement of the great auricular nerve. Biopsy of the enlarged left great auricular nerve revealed granulomatous inflammation with necrosis involving the nerve with rare Fite-positive organisms compatible with mycobacterium. Positive PCR for Mycobacterium leprae of the surgical specimen confirmed diagnosis of Hansen's disease.
BT - Clinical Imaging
DO - 10.1016/j.clinimag.2021.10.001
LA - eng
N2 - We report clinical, imaging and pathology findings of a patient with leprosy of the great auricular nerve who presented with palpable nodules and numbness of the left ear and scalp. Ultrasound and contrast-enhanced CT imaging of the neck demonstrated diffuse enlargement and enhancement of the great auricular nerve. Biopsy of the enlarged left great auricular nerve revealed granulomatous inflammation with necrosis involving the nerve with rare Fite-positive organisms compatible with mycobacterium. Positive PCR for Mycobacterium leprae of the surgical specimen confirmed diagnosis of Hansen's disease.
PB - Elsevier BV
PY - 2021
T2 - Clinical Imaging
TI - Leprosy of the great auricular nerve: case report and review of the literature
SN - 0899-7071
ER -