Full Description
Atlas of Leprosy comprehensively covers the varied manifestations, including common and uncommon presentations, of leprosy, supported by patient photographs and additional video content, to assist medical practitioners diagnose leprosy in the early stages.
With a detailed guide to approaching bedside diagnostic tests, this book will help readers to visualise common and uncommon presentations of leprosy, enabling effective diagnosis and treatment in this pre-elimination era, where increasingly difficulties in identifying its early stages can lead to preventable morbidity and deformity.
Clinicians, dermatologists and trainees alike will find the wealth of high-quality illustrations and video demonstrations a vital guide to better diagnose this mycobacterial disease and combat resistance, relapse, reactions and any other difficult challenges posed.
Contents
Introduction, Tuberculoid and indeterminate, Borderline tuberculoid, Borderline, Borderline lepromatous, Lepromatous, Pure neuritic, Histoid leprosy, Atypical presentations of leprosy including Lucio leprosy, Differential diagnosis, Pediatric leprosy, Nerve examination, Type 1 reaction, Type 2 reaction, Deformities in leprosy, Correction of deformities/splints, Slit skin smear, Histopathology, Dermoscopy, Nerve biopsy, Nerve conduction tests, Ultrasound of nerves, Sensory and motor examination, Treatment of leprosy
