* 5%, tuberculoid leprosy-10.2%,
indeterminate leprosy.
Of these, 13 presented
indeterminate leprosy (IL), 15 presented tuberculoid leprosy (TT), and 15 presented lepromatous leprosy (LL).
Data are shown as per cent of patients within each Ridey-Jopling classification (LL; lepromatous leprosy; BL, borderline lepromatous; BB, borderline borderline; BT, borderline tuberculoid; TT, true tuberculoid; IL,
indeterminate leprosy).
Sections showing scattered nonspecific lyphohistiocytic infiltration with cellular reaction within dermal nerve or presence of bacilli in subepidermal zone/arrector pilorum muscle/dermal nerve were classified as
indeterminate leprosy.
Borderline tuberculoid leprosy was the most frequent morphologic type, seen in 56.3 per cent followed by borderlineborderline ( 1.5 per cent), borderline lepromatous ( 24.9 per cent), lepromatous leprosy ( 8.1 per cent), pure neuritic ( 8.1 per cent), histoid and
indeterminate leprosy ( 0.5 per cent each).
It is remarkable that all cases classified as
indeterminate leprosy presented no physical deformities at diagnosis.
Concomitant kala-azar, malaria and progressive unstable
indeterminate leprosy in an 8-year-old-child.
TT = Tuberculoid; BT= Borderline Tuberculoid; BB = Borderline Borderline; BL= Borderline Lepromatous, LL = Lepromatous, IL=
Indeterminate Leprosy.
observed that
indeterminate leprosy (IL) patients manifested typical leprosy granulomas post-treatment.
Indeterminate leprosy 2 (4%) cases belonged to this group on histopathology.
We also considered
indeterminate leprosy or our study.
Five percent of babies born from mothers with active leprosy had self-healing
indeterminate leprosy under the age of 2 years, and also anti-M.