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"History and etymology "

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"Leprosy, previously known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and presents mainly in tropical developing countries."

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"Leprosy, previously known as Hansen's disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae and presents mainly in tropical developing countries."

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"Mycobacterium leprae attacks the skin and peripheral nerves and has a predilection for the cooler appendages of the body with characteristic involvement of the small bones of the hands and feet."

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"It was named after Gerhard Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician who identified the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae as the cause of the disease in 1873 ³."

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"Bone lesions due to direct leprous infection are unusual, varying from 3-5% in one series, and these lesions exhibit radiologic findings of acute and chronic osteomyelitis similar to those of other granulomatous infectious agents."

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"It was named after Gerhard Armauer Hansen, a Norwegian physician who identified the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae as the cause of the disease in 1873 ³."

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H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"History and etymology "

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"There is a long incubation period of ~3 years (range: 6 months-20 years) between infection and onset of multi-systemic symptoms and signs ^3,6:"

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"multidrug therapy: dapsone, clofazimine and rifampicin"

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"monotherapy is no longer used; The World Health Organisation recommends 6 and 12-month regimens for paucibacillary and multibacillary disease, respectively ⁴"

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"prognosis: good in early and mild cases; advanced cases (nerve damage and tissue deformity) are irreversible ⁵"

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Lint: leprosy