Features Leprosy Face
It is seen in multiple conditions and has been classically described for lepromatous leprosy as well as pagets disease of bone.
Features leprosy face. Leprosy is a chronic progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium mycobacterium leprae. The earlobes and nose are especially enlarged and infiltrated. A leprosy reaction may be a presenting feature of the disease.
It primarily affects the nerves of the extremities the skin the lining of the nose and the. Patients commonly present with skin lesions numbness or weakness caused by peripheral nerve involvement or more rarely a painless burn or ulcer in an anaesthetic hand or foot. It is a dermatological symptom with characteristic facial features that are visible on presentation and is useful for focusing on differential diagnosis.
Intranasal and paranasal sinus involvement is common and occurs after cutaneous nasal involvement. The image shown of tuberculoid leprosy shows an infiltrated scaly skin patch with thickening of the cutaneous nerve close to the patch. Signs and symptoms discolored patches of skin usually flat that may be numb and look faded lighter than the skin around growths nodules on the skin thick stiff or dry skin painless ulcers on the soles of feet painless swelling or lumps on the face or earlobes loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.
The clinical features of the disease are determined by the host response to m. The clinical manifestations of ll leprosy are cutaneous.