Oral Involvement in Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: Report of a Case with Review of Literature

Leprosy is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, primarily affecting the skin and the peripheral nerves. Variable involvement of internal organs and mucosa has been reported with incidence ranging from 19% to 60%, more commonly seen in lepromatous spectrum of lep...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Sheetal, Gandhi, Vijay, Yadav, Priya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37266080
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_378_22
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description Leprosy is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, primarily affecting the skin and the peripheral nerves. Variable involvement of internal organs and mucosa has been reported with incidence ranging from 19% to 60%, more commonly seen in lepromatous spectrum of leprosy (LL and BL). We report a case of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy presenting with oral mucosal lesions involving the gingival mucosa and lower lip.
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spelling pubmed-102317102023-06-01 Oral Involvement in Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: Report of a Case with Review of Literature Yadav, Sheetal Gandhi, Vijay Yadav, Priya Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Leprosy is a chronic infectious granulomatous disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, primarily affecting the skin and the peripheral nerves. Variable involvement of internal organs and mucosa has been reported with incidence ranging from 19% to 60%, more commonly seen in lepromatous spectrum of leprosy (LL and BL). We report a case of borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy presenting with oral mucosal lesions involving the gingival mucosa and lower lip. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-04-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10231710/ /pubmed/37266080 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/idoj.idoj_378_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Dermatology Online Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Oral Involvement in Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: Report of a Case with Review of Literature
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title_short Oral Involvement in Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: Report of a Case with Review of Literature
title_sort oral involvement in borderline tuberculoid leprosy: report of a case with review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231710/
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