[Corneal changes in leprosy (report of an autochtonous case) (author's transl)].
The patient was affected by a lepromatous leprosy and had a unilateral oedema of the posterior layers of the cornea with a conjonctival hyperhemia. The authors review the various aspects of corneal changes in leprosy: -- paralytic and non specific changes in trigeminal paralysis; -- direct and specific changes: opacification of corneal nerves, a vascular keratitis, corneal leproma, disorders of the vascularisation either by pannus or by interstitial vascularisation. The epidemiological problems are briefly considered.
D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Les lesions cornéennes de la Lèpre. A propos d'un cas de lèpre autochtone.