TONGUE INVOLVEMENT IN LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY
作者:
VINOD K. SHARMA,
SURRINDER KAUR,
BISHAN D. RADOTRA,
INDERJEET KAUR,
期刊:
International Journal of Dermatology
(WILEY Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 32,
issue 1
页码: 27-29
ISSN:0011-9059
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1993.tb00957.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractBackground.Involvement of the oral cavity in lepromatous leprosy is well‐documented. The tongue may demonstrate multiple nodules, thickening, and scarring.Methods.Ten consecutive untreated patients with lepromatous leprosy with a bacteriologic index of 4+ or more were clinically and histopathologically studied for evidence of tongue involvement.Results.Three patients showed clinical tongue involvement, as a noduloplaque lesion in one patient and fissured tongue (lingua plicata) in two patients. Tongue was clinically normal or showed nonspecific changes in the remaining seven patients. Histologic evidence of tongue involvement by lepromatous process was seen in six patients, including three without clinical involvement.Conclusions.We conclude from this study that the tongue is as prone to involvement by lepromatous process as buccal and palatal mucos
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