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BORDERLINE TUBERCULOID LEPROSY [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

Leprosy which presents few bacilli.

OBS

[Paucibacillary leprosy] includes only smear negative indeterminate(I), tuberculoid(TT) and borderline tuberculoid(BT) cases on the Ridley-Jopling scale or indeterminate(I) and tuberculoid(T) cases in the Madrid classification.

OBS

WHO [World Health Organization] Classification: PB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Lèpre qui contient peu de bacilles.

OBS

[La lèpre paucibacillaire] regroupe uniquement les cas à frottis négatifs qui relèvent de la lèpre indéterminée (I), de la lèpre tuberculoïde polaire (TT) et de la lèpre borderline tuberculoïde (BT) de la classification de Ridley-Jopling ou du groupe indéterminé (I) et de la forme tuberculoïde (T) de la classification de Madrid.

OBS

Classification de l'OMS [Organisation mondiale de la Santé] : PB.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
  • The Skin
DEF

Leprosy [in which] there is a clear narrow subepidermal zone. Epithelioid cells are focalized by lymphocytes into tubercles, and Langhans’ giant cells may be present.

OBS

Ridley and Jopling classification: BT.

OBS

BT leprosy with large pale macules and multiple nerve involvement is sometimes called maculo-anaesthetic or low-resistant tuberculoid leprosy.

Key term(s)
  • maculo-anaesthetic tuberculoid leprosy
  • low-resistant tuberculoid leprosy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
  • Appareil cutané
DEF

Lèpre qui se caractérise par des lésions cutanéo-névritiques plus nombreuses avec quelques M. Leprae décelables dans les lésions cutanées.

Spanish

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