Localized lepromatous leprosy presenting as a painful nodule in a muscle

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-242

  Thappa, D M ^a   Dave, S ^a   Karthikeyan, K ^a   Laxmisha, C ^a   Jayanthi, S ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; LEPROSTATIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM SWELLING; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LIMB DEFORMITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCLE TUMOR; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; SKIN EXAMINATION; STAINING; TUMOR VOLUME; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0036629860     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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