Sensory cutaneous nerve fine-needle aspiration in Hansen′s disease: A retrospective analysis of our experience

Sensory cutaneous nerve fine-needle aspiration in Hansen′s disease: A retrospective analysis of our experience

Background: Leprosy affects peripheral nerves. As Mycobacterium leprae has unique tropism for Schwann cells, thickened sensory cutaneous nerves provide an easy target for the detection of lepra bacilli and other changes associated with the disease. Materials and Methods: The data of patients with s...

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Main Authors: Dev Prasoon, Swapan Kumar Mandal, Parimal Agrawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
Subjects:
Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) cytology; Hansen′s disease; lepra bacilli; sensory cutaneous nerve
Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2015;volume=32;issue=3;spage=170;epage=175;aulast=Prasoon

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