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Leprosy as a clinical correlation of anatomy
Author(s) -
Subramaniam Krishnan,
Marks Sandy C.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980070304
Subject(s) - medicine , leprosy , phalanx , disease , mycobacterium leprae , pathology , infiltration (hvac) , immune system , dermatology , anatomy , immunology , physics , thermodynamics
Leprosy is a chronic mycobacterial infection of superficial tissues which occurs in part because of a select immune incoripetence in certain individuals. The major debilitating effects of the disease are the result of neurological deficits secondary to infiltration of Schwann cells by M. leprae and resorption of phalanges and bone near the palate. An understanding of the manifestations of the disease is based upon anatomical principles. We illustrate some of these in several clinical correlations. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.