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Table 1 Clinical findings of the patients with specific skin ulcers caused by leprosy

From: Ulcers in leprosy patients, an unrecognized clinical manifestation: a report of 8 cases

Case number

Gender

Provenance

Age at diagnosis

Time from the appearance of skin ulcers to the diagnosis of leprosy

Ridley-Jopling classification [9]

Topography of skin ulcers

Type of other skin lesions

Grade of disability at diagnosis

Time to resolution of ulcers after start of MDT-MB

1

Male

Porto União - Santa Catarina

37.2

5 months

BL

Lower and upper limbs, abdomen

Perforation of nasal septae; infiltration of ear lobe

Grade 2

12 months

2

Male

Jacobina - Bahia

15.9

2 years

LL

Hands and feet

Histoid leprosy

Grade 1

7 months

3

Male

Nigeria

34.5

3 years

LL

Lower limbs

Foveolar plaques

Grade 2

6 months

4

Male

Adamantina - São Paulo

71.9

4 years

LL

Lower limbs

Madarosis

Grade 2

7 months

5

Male

Cotia - São Paulo

53.6

1 year

LL

Lower limbs

Perforation of nasal septae; infiltration of ear lobe; madarosis

Grade 2

3 months

6

Male

Adolfo - São Paulo

56.6

2 months

BL

Lower and upper limbs

Perforation of nasal septae; ulcerated vegetating lesion on hard palate; madarosis

Grade 2

8 months

7

Male

Sousa - Paraíba

42.8

9 months

BL

Lower limbs

Diffuse infiltration with leonine facies; histoid leprosy; ulcerated vegetating lesion on hard palate; infiltration of ear lobe; madarosis

Grade 2

3 months

8

Male

Itabirito - Minas Gerais

68.3

3 months

LL

Lower limbs

Infiltration of ear lobe; madarosis

Grade 2

9 months