title: Nerve calcification caused by leprosy in northern territory aboriginals.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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