PURE NEURAL LEPROSY: IMPACT ON DAILY ACTIVITIES
Leprosy is a chronic, granulomatous, infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium lepra, also known as Hansen's bacillus. The nerves are affected in almost all forms of leprosy, and inflammatory infiltrates can be identified around the nerve fibers. There are cases in which there is purely neural involvement and the involvement of the ulnar nerve is one of the most frequent forms of the tuberculoid form of leprosy. The objective of the present study is to report the case of a patient with suspected pure neural involvement by Hansen's bacillus, in the city of Franca-SP.
PURE NEURAL LEPROSY: IMPACT ON DAILY ACTIVITIES
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592662231104
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Palavras-chave: Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, Ulnar Neuropathies
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Keywords: Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, Ulnar Neuropathies
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Abstract:
Leprosy is a chronic, granulomatous, infectious disease caused by the acid-fast bacillus Mycobacterium lepra, also known as Hansen's bacillus. The nerves are affected in almost all forms of leprosy, and inflammatory infiltrates can be identified around the nerve fibers. There are cases in which there is purely neural involvement and the involvement of the ulnar nerve is one of the most frequent forms of the tuberculoid form of leprosy. The objective of the present study is to report the case of a patient with suspected pure neural involvement by Hansen's bacillus, in the city of Franca-SP.
- Gabriela Carballo Menezes Mendonça
- Murilo Gasparotto Peres
- Rafael Augusto do Nascimento
- Gabriela Remiro Campos
- Isabela Jabra da Silva
- Julia de Oliveira Sacchi
- João Pedro Mirandola Hervatin
- Rafaela Carballo Menezes Mendonça
- Julyano Wayne de Carvalho
- Rodrigo Toninho dos Reis
- Ana Laura Lopes da Silva
- João Vitor Andrade de Assunção
