The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study

The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study

Forty-four patients with neuritic leprosy were individually followed for periods ranging from 4 months to almost 4 years for the purpose of ascertaining the presence and/ or absence of leprosy. The neural symptoms presented were sensory impairment (41), parasthesia (28), nerve enlargement (22), nerve tenderness (20), paresia (20), amyotrophy (8). Leprosy was diagnosed in ten out of the total number of patients studied. Leprosy was confirmed by the appearance of reactional neuritis (4), reversal reaction (2), biopsy of the hypoesthesic area (3) and the appearance of non-reactional cutaneous lesion. We reported an experience in the diagnosis of neuritic leprosy and its most frequent clinical presentation with which clinicians have to be acquainted. We can also state that the clinical follow-up was an effective strategy for the diagnosis of the disease when diagnostic facilities are not available or have not confirmed the diagnosis.

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Main Authors: SKACEL,MICHAEL, ANTUNES,SÉRGIO LUIZ GOMES, RODRIGUES,MÁRCIA MARIA JARDIM, NERY,JOSÉ AUGUSTO DA COSTA, VALENTIM,VÂNIA DA COSTA, MORAIS,RENATA PATRÍCIO BRAGA DE, SARNO,EUZENIR NUNES
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spelling oai:scielo:S0004-282X20000005000022000-12-06The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up studySKACEL,MICHAELANTUNES,SÉRGIO LUIZ GOMESRODRIGUES,MÁRCIA MARIA JARDIMNERY,JOSÉ AUGUSTO DA COSTAVALENTIM,VÂNIA DA COSTAMORAIS,RENATA PATRÍCIO BRAGA DESARNO,EUZENIR NUNES leprosy neuritic leprosy peripheral neuropathy Forty-four patients with neuritic leprosy were individually followed for periods ranging from 4 months to almost 4 years for the purpose of ascertaining the presence and/ or absence of leprosy. The neural symptoms presented were sensory impairment (41), parasthesia (28), nerve enlargement (22), nerve tenderness (20), paresia (20), amyotrophy (8). Leprosy was diagnosed in ten out of the total number of patients studied. Leprosy was confirmed by the appearance of reactional neuritis (4), reversal reaction (2), biopsy of the hypoesthesic area (3) and the appearance of non-reactional cutaneous lesion. We reported an experience in the diagnosis of neuritic leprosy and its most frequent clinical presentation with which clinicians have to be acquainted. We can also state that the clinical follow-up was an effective strategy for the diagnosis of the disease when diagnostic facilities are not available or have not confirmed the diagnosis.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcademia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEUROArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.58 n.3B 20002000-09-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000500002en10.1590/S0004-282X2000000500002
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ANTUNES,SÉRGIO LUIZ GOMES
RODRIGUES,MÁRCIA MARIA JARDIM
NERY,JOSÉ AUGUSTO DA COSTA
VALENTIM,VÂNIA DA COSTA
MORAIS,RENATA PATRÍCIO BRAGA DE
SARNO,EUZENIR NUNES
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MORAIS,RENATA PATRÍCIO BRAGA DE
SARNO,EUZENIR NUNES
The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
author_facet SKACEL,MICHAEL
ANTUNES,SÉRGIO LUIZ GOMES
RODRIGUES,MÁRCIA MARIA JARDIM
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MORAIS,RENATA PATRÍCIO BRAGA DE
SARNO,EUZENIR NUNES
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title The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
title_short The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
title_full The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
title_fullStr The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
title_full_unstemmed The diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
title_sort diagnosis of leprosy among patients with symptoms of peripheral neuropathy without cutaneous lesions: a follow-up study
description Forty-four patients with neuritic leprosy were individually followed for periods ranging from 4 months to almost 4 years for the purpose of ascertaining the presence and/ or absence of leprosy. The neural symptoms presented were sensory impairment (41), parasthesia (28), nerve enlargement (22), nerve tenderness (20), paresia (20), amyotrophy (8). Leprosy was diagnosed in ten out of the total number of patients studied. Leprosy was confirmed by the appearance of reactional neuritis (4), reversal reaction (2), biopsy of the hypoesthesic area (3) and the appearance of non-reactional cutaneous lesion. We reported an experience in the diagnosis of neuritic leprosy and its most frequent clinical presentation with which clinicians have to be acquainted. We can also state that the clinical follow-up was an effective strategy for the diagnosis of the disease when diagnostic facilities are not available or have not confirmed the diagnosis.
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