[Histopathological findings of Buruli ulcer: cases from Benin in west Africa].

Autor: Fukunishi Y; National Sanatorium, Matuoka Hoyo-en, 19, Ishiehirayama, Aomori-shi, 038-0003, Japan. fuku@matuoka.hosp.go.jp
Jazyk: japonština
Zdroj: Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association [Nihon Hansenbyo Gakkai Zasshi] 2002 Aug; Vol. 71 (3), pp. 179-86.
DOI: 10.5025/hansen.71.179
Abstrakt: "AFIP classification" by light microscopy was of help to analyze the skin lesions of Buruli ulcer, in which the histopathology were classified into 6 stages i.e. active, healing, active but healing, consistent with active and chronic stages. In this paper, skin lesions biopsied from 41 cases of Buruli ulcer were observed by light microscopy. Those were sent from Benin in west Africa at 1997, and under the control of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology(AFIP) in Washington DC, USA. Each age, sex, biopsy lesions and histopathological stage and corresponding characteristic histopathological findings of 41 cases except that of chronic stage were analyzed and herewith reported by this paper.
Databáze: MEDLINE