Lepra Pearls
In such cases the presence of iris pearls is pathognomonic representing dead m.
Lepra pearls. The incidence of ocular involvement in leprosy has been variously quoted as 51 to 69 1 3. Access to paid content on this site is currently suspended due to excessive activity being detected from your ip address 407716733. Careers at lepra registered charity number 213251 england and wales sc039715 scotland.
Please contact the publisher to request reinstatement. These are aggregated clumps of mycobacterium leprae that have become calcified. Lepra is a company limited by guarantee registered in england and wales.
They are not permanent and can disappear. A lepromatous pearl is evident at the 12 oclock position. Leprosy hansens disease or hanseniasis is one of the systemic diseases which can give rise to a plethora of features in the eye.
34 type i reactions involving the fifth cranial nerve can result in corneal anesthesia and lagophthalmos inability to close the eyes may occur if the seventh cranial nerve is involved. The most frequent ocular manifestation in lepromatous leprosy is uveitis commonly in the form of chronic low grade iridocyclitis. Leprae bacillus that progressively enlarged coalesce become pedunculated and lodge in the anterior chamber.
Leprosy is a multisystem disease so anesthetic implication of leprosy needs particular attention toward the organs involved and a thorough pac of patient is required. Iris nodules and lepra pearls are characteristics of the ocular manifestation of this disease and help in its diagnosis.