Surgical treatment of type I neuritis in a teenage boy with borderline tuberculoid leprosy

dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.creatorSette, Christiane Salgado
dc.creatorWachholz, Patrick Alexander [UNESP]
dc.creatorMasuda, Paula Yoshiko
dc.creatorFortes da Costa Figueira, Renata Borges
dc.creatorCury Filho, Milton
dc.creatorSoares, Cleverson Teixeira
dc.creatorBarreto, Jaison Antonio
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:32Z
dc.date2015-10-21T13:09:32Z
dc.date2015-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T06:33:49Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T06:33:49Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822015000200228&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
dc.identifierRevista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical. Brasilia: Soc Brasileira Medicina Tropical, v. 48, n. 2, p. 228-230, 2015.
dc.identifier0037-8682
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/128398
dc.identifier10.1590/0037-8682-0259-2014
dc.identifierS0037-86822015000200228
dc.identifierWOS:000354880200021
dc.identifierS0037-86822015000200228.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8777749
dc.descriptionExacerbation of the immune response against Mycobacterium leprae can lead to neuritis, which is commonly treated via immunosuppression with corticosteroids. Early neurolysis may be performed concurrently, especially in young patients with a risk of functional sequelae. We report the case of a young patient experienced intense pain in the left elbow one year after the treatment of tuberculoid-tuberculoid leprosy. The pain was associated with paresthesias in the ulnar edge and left ulnar claw. After evaluation, the diagnosis was changed to borderline tuberculoid leprosy accompanied with neuritis of the left ulnar nerve. Early neurolysis resulted in rapid reduction of the pain and recovery of motor function.
dc.descriptionInst Lauro de Souza Lima, Bauru, SP, Brazil
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Botucatu, Dept Saude Publ, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.descriptionUniv Estadual Paulista, Fac Med Botucatu, Dept Saude Publ, Botucatu, SP, Brazil
dc.format228-230
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSoc Brasileira Medicina Tropical
dc.relationRevista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Medicina Tropical
dc.relation1.358
dc.relation0,658
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectBorderline leprosy
dc.subjectNeuritis
dc.subjectLeprosy therapy
dc.subjectMinor surgical procedures
dc.subjectLeprosy surgery
dc.titleSurgical treatment of type I neuritis in a teenage boy with borderline tuberculoid leprosy
dc.typeArtigo


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