ArticleJournal of central nervous system disease2022
Central nervous system, spinal root ganglion and brachial plexus involvement in leprosy: A prospective study.
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- Cranial nerve palsies in leprosy: a systematic review of published case reports and case series.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2025Pooled it
- Asymmetrical Brachial Plexus Involvement with Greater Auricular Nerve Involvement in Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: An Electrophysiological and Radiological Correlation.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2026Article
- Involvement Beyond Peripheral Nerves in Pure Neuritic Leprosy: An MR Imaging Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Observational
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- A case report and literature review: Mycobacterium leprae infection diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Review
- Neurological features of Hansen disease: a retrospective, multicenter cohort study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Case report: Myelitis and ganglionitis, an atypical presentation of Hansen's disease.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Laboratory and functional tests in leprosy diagnosis: a practical guide for clinical decision-making.Anais brasileiros de dermatologiaReview
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Abstract
Background: Leprosy is primarily a disease of peripheral nerves. Some isolated case reports and case series have communicated imaging changes in the central nervous system (CNS) and brachial plexus in patients with leprosy. Objectives: To study the neuroimaging abnormalities in patients with lepra bacilli-positive neuropathy in the context of CNS, spinal root ganglion, and brachial plexus. Design: Prospective observational study. Methods: We screened newly-diagnosed patients with multibacillary leprosy presenting with neuropathy. Patients with bacilli-positive sural nerve biopsies were included in the study and subjected to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and spinal cord. Results: A total of 54 patients with bacteriologically confirmed multibacillary leprosy were screened; Conclusion: CNS, spinal root ganglion, and brachial plexus are involved in patients with leprous neuropathy. Immunological reaction against
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