Surgical treatment of type I neuritis in a teenage boy with borderline tuberculoid leprosy

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Christiane Salgado Sette¹  Patrick Alexander Wachholz¹  Paula Yoshiko Masuda¹  Renata Borges Fortes Da Costa Figueira¹  Milton Cury Filho¹  Cleverson Teixeira Soares¹  Jaison Antônio Barreto¹ 

关键词: Borderline leprosy;    Neuritis;    Leprosy therapy;    Minor surgical procedures;    Leprosy surgery;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0259-2014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Exacerbation of the immune response against Mycobacterium leprae can lead to neuritis, which is commonly treated via immunosuppression with corticosteroids. Early neurolysis may be performed concurrently, especially in young patients with a risk of functional sequelae. We report the case of a young patient experienced intense pain in the left elbow one year after the treatment of tuberculoid-tuberculoid leprosy. The pain was associated with paresthesias in the ulnar edge and left ulnar claw. After evaluation, the diagnosis was changed to borderline tuberculoid leprosy accompanied with neuritis of the left ulnar nerve. Early neurolysis resulted in rapid reduction of the pain and recovery of motor function.

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