TY - JOUR
KW - Borderline tuberculoid leprosy
KW - leprous myelitis
KW - DNA-PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
AU - Doshi YJ
AU - Mandli S
AU - Pariath K
AU - Shah B
AB - <p>Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease that mainly affects skin and peripheral nerves. Systemic involvement is uncommon, although it can occur in patients with multibacillary leprosy. Cranial nerve involvement in leprosy is well known, however, involvement of brain and spinal cord has not been frequently reported. Herein, we report a case of borderline tuberculoid leprosy with symptoms of spinal cord involvement where the role of lepra bacilli as a cause was confirmed by CSF DNA-PCR.</p>

BT - Leprosy Review
DO - 10.47276/lr.95.2.2024017
IS - 2
LA - Eng
N2 - <p>Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease that mainly affects skin and peripheral nerves. Systemic involvement is uncommon, although it can occur in patients with multibacillary leprosy. Cranial nerve involvement in leprosy is well known, however, involvement of brain and spinal cord has not been frequently reported. Herein, we report a case of borderline tuberculoid leprosy with symptoms of spinal cord involvement where the role of lepra bacilli as a cause was confirmed by CSF DNA-PCR.</p>

PB - Lepra
PY - 2024
SP - 1
EP - 6
T2 - Leprosy Review
TI - Leprous myelitis in a patient with borderline tuberculoid Hansen’s disease
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/95/2/20-24017
VL - 95
SN - 2162-8807
ER -