TY - JOUR
KW - leprosy
KW - Light-touch sensation
AU - Marta S N
AU - Sgavioli C
AU - Saraiva P P
AU - Carvalho R S
AU - Nogueira M G A
AU - Monti F C
AU - Virmond M
AB - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the light-touch sensation of the oral mucosa in leprosy patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study included 228 adults, 133 being leprosy patients and 95 normal controls. To assess light-touch sensation, the five-filament standard Semmes-Weinstein kit in eight regions of the oral mucosa was used. Chi-square test was used to verify the differences in responses between the studied groups.
RESULTS: Normal sensation was predominant in both groups, and diminished sensation was found also in the nonleprosy group. Normal controls showed diminished light-touch sensation in at least one point, which may be attributed to the definition of sensation normality. The chi-square test revealed no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.43171). Severe diminished sensation was detected only in the leprosy group.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded that altered light-touch sensation in the oral cavity may not be a common feature in leprosy.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Decreased or lost sensation in skin lesions is a paramount in leprosy diagnosis; however, clinicians must be aware that this seems not to be true in the oral mucosa in leprosy cases for diagnosis purpose.
BT - Clinical oral investigations
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24420506?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2014 Jan 14
DO - 10.1007/s00784-013-1180-3
J2 - Clin Oral Investig
LA - eng
N2 - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the light-touch sensation of the oral mucosa in leprosy patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study included 228 adults, 133 being leprosy patients and 95 normal controls. To assess light-touch sensation, the five-filament standard Semmes-Weinstein kit in eight regions of the oral mucosa was used. Chi-square test was used to verify the differences in responses between the studied groups.
RESULTS: Normal sensation was predominant in both groups, and diminished sensation was found also in the nonleprosy group. Normal controls showed diminished light-touch sensation in at least one point, which may be attributed to the definition of sensation normality. The chi-square test revealed no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.43171). Severe diminished sensation was detected only in the leprosy group.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded that altered light-touch sensation in the oral cavity may not be a common feature in leprosy.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Decreased or lost sensation in skin lesions is a paramount in leprosy diagnosis; however, clinicians must be aware that this seems not to be true in the oral mucosa in leprosy cases for diagnosis purpose.
PY - 2014
T2 - Clinical oral investigations
TI - Evaluation of light-touch sensation in the buccal mucosa of leprosy patients.
SN - 1436-3771
ER -