title: Leprosy: Trophic Skin Ulcers.
abstract: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused byMycobacterium leprae.Approximately 30% of patients with leprosy develop nerve damage. Trophic, or neuropathic, ulcer is a common complication of an anesthetic foot. The term plantar, trophic, or perforating ulcer was introduced in 1959. It was defined as a chronic ulceration of the anesthetic foot, situated in well-defined areas overlying bony prominences, resistant to local and/or systemic therapy, and characterized by a marked tendency to recur. It is responsible for much of the morbidity associated with leprosy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Government Medical College Calicut Kerala, Dermato-Venereology (Skin/VD Centre), Sehgal Nursing Home, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Najeeba
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Riyaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology Government Medical College Calicut Kerala, Dermato-Venereology (Skin/VD Centre), Sehgal Nursing Home, Delhi, India; drsehgal@ndf.vsnl.net.in.
authors.forename: Virendra N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Sehgal
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015996:Survival Rate