Hypopigmented lesions in early leprosy--a clinical and histological study.
Indian J Lepr
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1990 Oct-Dec; 62(4): 416-21
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
26 Patients of leprosy presenting with hypopigmented lesions were divided on morphological grounds into 3 Sub groups, Group I (9 patients) with well-defined single patch with moderate to complete sensory loss; Group II (8 patients) with single ill-defined lesion having partial sensory loss; and Group III (9 patients) having multiple hypo-pigmented patches with mild to moderate sensory loss. Epidermal atrophy was a conspicuous histological finding in all groups. Only patients in Group I showed epitheloid cells in dermal infiltrate with erosion of epidermis in one case. This group may be labelled as maculoanesthetic leprosy. Patients in Group II and III showed mononuclear cell infiltrate in dermis, around neurovascular bundles and appendages. They were histologically consistent with indeterminate leprosy. Follow-up biopsy after six to eight months of treatment showed healing of the lesion of reduction in the infiltrate in most cases.
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Pigmentação
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Atrofia
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Sensação
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Hanseníase Tuberculoide
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Criança
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Seguimentos
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Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Lepr
Assunto da revista:
Tropical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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