title: [Histopathology of leprosy. Study of more than 2300 biopsies].
abstract: 2,326 biopsies on Moroccan subjects suffering of leprosy had been studied in 4 years. After a critical study of histopathologic diagnosis and the classifications, the authors studied especially the lepromatous granuloma, its evolution during treatment and the lepromatous reactions. Defining histologically a reactional background, they make a certain generalisation among all the types of reactions observed in lepromatous patients.
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001706:Biopsy; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007918:Leprosy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D009018:Morocco; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009336:Necrosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014617:Vacuoles / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Réflexions sur l'histopathologie de la lèpre. Etude sur plus de 2,300 biopsies.