Ocular findings in leprosy patients in an institution in Nepal (Khokana).
A total of 466 leprosy patients in Nepal, some advanced cases, were surveyed for ocular lesions. 74.2% were found with ocular features, and 12.7% of the eyes were blind. The patients were classified in tuberculoid, borderline-borderline, and lepromatous groups. Lepromatous leprosy is responsible for major ocular complications and blindness.
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D013997:Time Factors