Nerve calcification caused by leprosy in northern territory aboriginals.
Three cases of nerve calcification caused by leprosy (Hansen's disease) in Aboriginal patients from the Northern Territory of Australia are reported. This is a rare manifestation of the disease and is the result of direct involvement of peripheral nerves with abscess formation and is usually seen in tuberculoid or borderline types of leprosy.
D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples