01318nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002100059653001200080653002700092653002700119100001100146700001300157700001300170245005300183856015400236300001000390490000700400050001300407520068000420       2012                            d  c2012 Jul-Sep10aFull text online10aleprosy10aHistological features.10aClinical presentations1 aKhan I1 aKhan A R1 aKhan M S00aClinicopathological study of 50 cases of leprosy  uhttp://www.jpad.org.pk/July-September-2012/4.%20Original%20article%20Clinicopathological%20study%20of%2050%20cases%20of%20leprosy%20in%20Pakistan.pdf  a200-60 v22  aKAHN20123 aObjective To document different clinical and pathological patterns of leprosy in Northern Pakistan. Patients and methods Fifty clinically and histologically confirmed cases of leprosy were enrolled for this study.

Results Forty patients were male and ten female. Seven patients had tuberculoid leprosy, 25 borderline tuberculoid, 3 borderline lepromatous, 13 lepromatous leprosy and 2 were indeterminate type. Highest number of patients belonged to Khyberpakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces.

Conclusion Leprosy is still prevalent in Pakistan. Doctors and other health personnel should be trained to make them aware of the different presentations of this disabling disease.