Leprosy lesions of the fundus oculi.

Paralysis of occipitofrontalis in a borderline case of leprosy.

A patient with neuritic leprosy developed borderline skin lesions. Later, another skin lesion developed on the left side of the forehead with clinical involvement of the supraorbital branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. Simultaneously, paralysis of the occipitofrontalis and mild paresis of orbicularis oculi occurred.

A report of leprosy lesions of the fundus.

Ophthalmoscopic evidence of leprous lesions of the fundus was recently seen in a case of lepromatous leprosy of fifteen years duration. These lesions are truly leprous, we believe, for they are identical in contour, color and waxy refractile characteristics with those seen on the iris with the slit lamp, and which have been proven by our routine microscopic sections to contain typical lepra cel...

Anterior leprotic retinitis of trantas: a case report.

SUMMARY A case of rare retinal lesion occuring in a young girl suffering from lepromatous leprosy is described. Fundus lesions in leprosy are extremely rare but do occur in some cases without causing any threat to vision. Their response to antileprotic treatment is not clearly known.

Appearances in the Fundus Oculi

A further report of polypoid leprous lesions of the fundus; observations of six cases.

Distinctive changes on the fundus of the eye which we believe a re due to leprosy. seen in a single case, have been described in a previous report (3 ) . Since then five other patients with similar lesions have been seen in this hospital, making a total of six. Four of these six cases, including the one fi rst reported, were classified as lepromatous. One of the others was of essentially the sa...