title: Histoid, a clinical variant of multibacillary leprosy: report from so-called nonendemic areas.
abstract: This is a hospital-based study of 25 biopsy-proven cases of histoid leprosy in the arid, northwest Rajasthan region of India. Over an 11-year span, a total of 893 new cases of leprosy were diagnosed at our institution. These 25 histoid cases thus make up 2.8% of our new patients. Various clinical and laboratory observations are summarized and compared to other published series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Skin, V.D. & Leprosy, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kalla
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Purohit
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vyas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies