Leprosy Mailing List – January 19th, 2011
Ref.: Follow-up studies on pure/primary neural leprosy patients in India
Dear Salvatore,
This mail is in continuation to Dr Kar’s letter (Jan 11, 2011) on pure/primary neural leprosy (PNL) patients. Although there are no methods or tests known to identify which patients of PNL develop clinical lesions, there are few follow-up studies which provide information on appearance of skin lesions. Below mentioned are two studies on PNL, which provide contrasting information about appearance of skin lesions in PNL patients on follow-up.
1. In a follow-up study of 182 PNL patients by Suneetha et al., 62% of patients developed the lesions within 2 years of the onset of symptoms. The study also mentions that 38% of patients developed a single patch and 28% developed two patches. (Suneetha S, Sigamoni A, Kurian N, Chacko CJ. The development of cutaneous lesions during follow-up of patients of pure neuritic leprosy. Int J Dermatol. 2005;44(3):224-9.).
2. In a study by Kumar B et al, of 32 PNL patients, none of them developed any skin lesions on a follow-up of 2 years. (Kumar B et al. Pure Neuritic Leprosy inIndia
2. In a study by Kumar B et al, of 32 PNL patients, none of them developed any skin lesions on a follow-up of 2 years. (Kumar B et al. Pure Neuritic Leprosy in
I just thought of sharing this information with our members.
With best regards,
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