A case of leprosy at Charity Hospital, New Orleans.
A 63-year-old black woman, admitted to Charity Hospital, New Orleans, for treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure, was found clinically and histopathologically to have Hansen's disease. She had lived most of her life in Orleans Parish and had no known contact as a source of her infection.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000473:pathology; D008145:Louisiana; D008875:Middle Aged