Leprosy

Alternate Name: Hansen's Disease

Test:

Skin or lymph node biopsy microscopy (acid fast bacilli), leprorninjest (+ or N)

Sign:

Cheroot's joints, *anaesthesia

Dd:

Vitiligo, mycotic infections, SLE, psoriasis, sclera-derma, motor neurone disease, yaws, leishmani­asis, neurofibromatosis, sarcoidosis, erythema nodosum •

Phys:

Mycobacterium leprae infection of skin and nerve tissue gives a mixed clinical picture that includes anaesthesia, gross skin lesions and deformities of hands, feet and face