title: Systemic involvement in tuberculoid leprosy--pathogenesis of leprosy.
abstract: Occurrence of leprous pathology/bacilli in the internal organs in cases of polar tuberculoid leprosy, support the systemic nature and haematagenous transmission and spread of the disease process. Pathogenesis of leprosy has been postulated.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors