Online ISSN: 2515-8260

An Understanding of A Clinico Pathological Correlation In Leprosy In A Tertiary Care Teaching Institution

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Nishant Saxena1 , Nimisha Saxena2 Shilpa Mittal3, Harsh Sharma4*

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: Leprosy caused by mycobacterium leprae is a chronic granulomatous disease that mainly affects peripheral nerves and skin. Depending upon the immune status of the individual it manifests various clinical and pathological forms. Histopathology plays an important role in the diagnosis of clinically suspicious cases and helps in exact classification of various subtypes and types which therefore helps in deciding the treatment plan and cure. Various inflammatory disorders also mimics clinically to leprosy therefore exact diagnosis plays an important role for early treatment. So this study is undertaken to correlate the clinical diagnosis with histopathological findings which plays crucial role in patient management

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