Abstract :
Background: Leprosy is one of the oldest and chronic infectious diseases known to human being caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy has been declared eliminated (prevalence rate
Aim: To evaluate the importance of skin biopsy in detecting and diagnosing and subtyping of leprosy.
Materials and Methods: This was hospital based retrospective and prospective study of 113 clinically diagnosed cases of leprosy. Skin biopsies were received, processed and stained by H & E stain followed by Fite-faraco method to classify histopathological types of leprosy.
Results: A total 113 cases were studied out of them 73.45% were male and 26.54% were female. Majority of them 32% belonged to 21 -30 years age group. Lepromatous leprosy was noted maximum in 35.39% cases.
Conclusion: Histopathology plays an important role in making definite diagnosis of leprosy.
Keyword :
Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, Hansen disease