Lymph nodes in leprosy.
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چکیده
The involvement of lymph nodes in leprosy is said to have been recorded by Gadesden in the 15th century (8) , and has been included as a feature in all modern textbooks dealing with leprosy. Klingmtiller (14), Basombrio (2), Schujman and Vaccaro (24) and Furniss (1) have described the gross and microscopic appearances of the lymph nodes in leprosy. Leprologists are unanimous that the lymph nodes are invariably involved in lepromatous leprosy, but there is disagreement about the finer histologic details; and there have been differences of findings in tuberculoid leprosy. The present investigation was undertaken to study in detail the structural alterations produced in lymph nodes in lepromatous leprosy, and also to see if the nodes are at all affected in tuberculoid leprosy, and if so to what extent.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- International journal of Leprosy
دوره 26 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1958