Sumit Verma, Ravindra Kumar Garg, Imran Rizvi, Hardeep Singh Malhotra, Neeraj Kumar, Amita Jain, Swastika Suvirya, Anit Parihar, Rajesh Verma, Praveen Kumar Sharma, Shweta Pandey, Ravi Uniyal, Shantanu Prakash
Background: Leprosy is primarily a disease of peripheral nerves. Some isolated case reports and case series have communicated imaging changes in the central nervous system (CNS) and brachial plexus in patients with leprosy. Objectives: To study the neuroimaging abnormalities in patients with lepra bacilli-positive neuropathy in the context of CNS, spinal root ganglion, and brachial plexus. Design: Prospective observational study. Methods: We screened newly-diagnosed patients with multibacillary leprosy presenting with neuropathy...
2022: Journal of Central Nervous System Disease