TY - ECHAP
KW - Osteopathies
KW - Hansen’s disease
KW - Leprosy
KW - Bone changes
KW - Rhinomaxillary syndrome
KW - Bone alterations
AU - do Espírito Santo RB
AU - Deps PD
AB - <p>In Hansen’s disease-specific and non-specific bone alterations can be found. They are more frequently found in the virchowian forms. This chapter presents the mechanisms of bone damage, the most frequent bone lesions, and the clinical types according to location and their consequences. The alterations most frequently found are in the hands, feet, and facial bones, culminating in the rhinomaxillary syndrome.</p>

BT - Hansen’s Disease
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-30893-2_17
LA - Eng
N2 - <p>In Hansen’s disease-specific and non-specific bone alterations can be found. They are more frequently found in the virchowian forms. This chapter presents the mechanisms of bone damage, the most frequent bone lesions, and the clinical types according to location and their consequences. The alterations most frequently found are in the hands, feet, and facial bones, culminating in the rhinomaxillary syndrome.</p>

PB - Springer International Publishing
PY - 2023
SN - 9783031308925
SP - 203
EP - 219
T2 - Hansen’s Disease
TI - Osteoarticular Alterations in Hansen’s Disease
ER -