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Clinical variables associated with disability in leprosy cases in northeast Brazil

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2015
Introduction: The clinical outcomes of leprosy include complications such as physical disabilities and deformities that vary according to the degree of impairment of nerve trunks.
Victor Santana Santos, Andressa Mayara Santos de Matos, Lorena Sheila Alves de Oliveira, Ligia Mara Dolce de Lemos, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Francisco Prado Reis, Vanessa Tavares de Gois Santos, Vera Lúcia Corrêa Feitosa   +7 more
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Renal involvement in leprosy: retrospective analysis of 461 cases in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Renal lesions in leprosy have been extensively described, including amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, nephrosclerosis, tubulointerstitial nephritis and granulomas.
Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior, Elizabeth De Francesco Daher   +1 more
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Giant cells lepromatous leprosy. Diffuse dermatitis with exuberant foreign body giant cells in treated lepromatous leprosy

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2019
Patients with lepromatous leprosy that have received treatment for many years usually get follow up biopsies for persistent skin lesions or positive bacilloscopy even if the values are lower than in the initial bacilloscopy.
Gerzaín Rodríguez, Viviana Arias
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Atypical presentation of leprosy: A report of two cases

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2007
We report two atypical presentation of leprosy-granuloma annulare like in a case of borderline tuberculoid leprosy, another erythema multiforme like lesion in borderline lepromatous leprosy.
Das Sudip, Roy Aloke, Kar Chinmoy, Giri Parag   +3 more
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Significance of Mast Cell Density and Distribution in Various Histopathological Lesions of Leprosy [PDF]

Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, 2014
Background: Leprosy also known as Hansen’s disease (HD), is a chronic infection caused by the Mycobacterium leprae. Mast cells in leprosy have been investigated in the recent past and are being examined as a basis for future studies.
Santosh .L Munde, Nitin Gangane, S. M. Sharma, Anil Gulia, Ruchi Agarwal   +4 more
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Lucio’s phenomenon in a non-endemic region: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Leprosy remains a persistent health challenge in endemic regions with cases rising in non-endemic regions such as North America. Patients with leprosy present with a variety of symptoms including limited skin lesions in tuberculoid leprosy to extensive ...
Adam C Yu, Airiss R Chan, Eunice Y Chow
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Ocular complications in incident relapsed borderline lepromatous and lepromatous leprosy patients in south India.

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003
Purpose: To determine the magnitude of ocular complications that present in incident cases of relapsed borderline lepromatous (BL) and lepromatous leprosy (LL) patients.
Daniel Ebenezer, Koshy Sheena, Joseph Geetha, Rao P   +3 more
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Vasculonecrotic reactions in leprosy

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Multibacillary, lepromatous or borderline leprosy patients may present two types of vasculonecrotic reactions: Lucio phenomenon and that associated with erythema nodosum leprosum.
Letícia Fogagnolo, Elemir Macedo de Souza, Maria Letícia Cintra, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho   +3 more
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Lepromatous Leprosy Manifesting As Chronic Macrocheilia: Report of a Rare Case. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Panigrahi R, Priyadarshini SR, Sahoo PK, Alam T, Saeed S, Hasan S.   +5 more
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Immunohistochemical Study of Nerve Growth Factor Expression in Hansen’s Disease

Indian Journal of Dermatopathology and Diagnostic Dermatology
Aim: To study the immunoexpression of nerve growth factor (NGF) in Hansen’s disease to assess the diagnostic and prognostic significance. Objective: NGF is a neurotrophin and an important growth factor for the tissue remodeling process. Higher expression
Fatma Lubna, Aijaz Abbas, Mohammad Adil, Kafil Akhtar   +3 more
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