"Cytological needle aspiration" for the diagnosis of primary neuritic leprosy

Leprosy Mailing List – January 25th, 2011

Ref.: "Cytological needle aspiration" for the diagnosis of primary neuritic leprosy.
From: Theuvenet W., Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

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Dear Dr. Kar,

Sometimes primary neuritic leprosy can pose a diagnostic problem. A helpful and simple technique to set the diagnosis is by "cytological needle aspiration" of the affected nerve as developed at Anandaban Leprosy Hospital in Nepal.  A full description of the technique is published in "Clinical Aspects of Nerve Damage in Leprosy" p 93. A free copy of this is most likely available at:

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With best regards,

Wim Theuvenet

Dr. Willem Theuvenet, M.D., Ph.D.
Plastic, Reconstructive, Esthetic and Hand surgeon
Regional Hospitals of Apeldoorn, Deventer and Zutphen, The Netherlands.
Consultant for TLM and NLR