[HTML][HTML] Oro-facial manifestations of 100 leprosy patients

JB Taheri, H Mortazavi, M Moshfeghi… - … oral, patologia oral y …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
JB Taheri, H Mortazavi, M Moshfeghi, M Bakhshi, S Bakhtiari, S Azari-Marhabi, S Alirezaei
Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal, 2012ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy
patients. Study design: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38
female, mean ages 51.86±6.1). After explaining the study design, we studied descriptive
information including: patient's sex, age, job, place of birth, familial history of leprosy, types
of disease (lepromatous, borderline and tuberculoid leprosy), ocular and oral lesions, facial
involvement and neuropathy. The statistical signification was measured by chi-square test …
Objectives
To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed leprosy patients.
Study design
This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86±6.1). After explaining the study design, we studied descriptive information including: patient’s sex, age, job, place of birth, familial history of leprosy, types of disease (lepromatous, borderline and tuberculoid leprosy), ocular and oral lesions, facial involvement and neuropathy. The statistical signification was measured by chi-square test.
Results
A total of 46 (23 lepromatous, 15 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leproy) out of 100 patients with leprosy had oral lesions. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference in frequency of oral lesions between different types of disease. Facial lesions were presented in 57 (39 lepromatous, 10 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) patients. There was a statistical significant difference in frequency of facial manifestations between different types of leprosy. It has to be mentioned that, atrophy of nasal spine, facial nerve involvement, ocular lesions and facial deformity were seen in 15%, 17%, 22% and 44% of leprosy patients, respectively.
Conclusion
Examination of leprosy patients should be extended to the oral mucosa because oral mucosa may be a secondary source of M. Leprae transmission and infection.
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