Ulnar nerve abscess in a multibacillary patient during post-multidrug therapy surveillance
| Autor: | Selvasekar Abraham, P. Vijayakumaran, K. Jesudasan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Anti-Inflammatory Agents Disease Methylprednisolone Asymptomatic Recurrence medicine Humans Leprosy Borderline Ulnar nerve Abscess Ulnar Nerve business.industry Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Right ulnar nerve General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Leprosy Lepromatous Corticosteroid therapy Female Leprosy medicine.symptom business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Leprosy Review. 68 |
| ISSN: | 0305-7518 |
| Popis: | An old borderline-lepromatous leprosy patient, treated initially with DDS monotherapy followed by MDT, 11 years later during surveillance presented with 3-month-old asymptomatic cystic swelling, arising from the right ulnar nerve without exhibiting any evidence to document relapse of the disease. It responded promptly to corticosteroid therapy. This unusual clinical presentations of ulnar nerve abscess has not been reported elsewhere. |
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