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 |
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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 |