Evaluation of thyroid functions in leprosy. II. Histopathology of the thyroid.
Open thyroid biopsies from seven patients of bacilliferous leprosy were studied for leprous granuloma or amyloid deposition. None of the patients had clinical evidence of thyroid involvement. Histopathology did not reveal any specific abnormality.
D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000473:pathology*; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*