Leprosy is a chronic infective granulomatous disease with clinical features depending upon
the host immune response. Leprosy affects cooler areas of body ie nose, superficial nerve …

Sixty male leprosy patients (mean age 27.2+/-5.04 years) selected at random, were studied
for gonadal involvement with the mean duration of illness 4.17+/-3.27 years. Only …

Background Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease affecting mainly the skin
and peripheral nerves. Testicular affection with leprosy occurs mainly in the lepromatous …

The case of a male patient diagnosed to have lepromatous leprosy with type 2 reaction on
multibacillary multidrug therapy, with unusual, widespread involvement of genitalia in the …

We present a case of primary infertility with features of hypogonadism in a male patient with
lepromatous leprosy who had remained undiagnosed for 3 years. On investigation …

Background: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by
Mycobacterium leprae. Besides the skin and peripheral nerves, it also involves many …

Testicular functions in the form of testosterone, FSH and LH levels in serum by radio-
immuno-assays, complete semen examination and a few testicular biopsies were studied in …

Skin lesions in lepromatous leprosy (LL) are usually multiple and widespread. Though the
lesion may occur anywhere on the skin, male genitalia is rarely involved. In all cases …

Twenty five patients of lepromatous leprosy were studied clinically and histopathologically
for testicular involvement. Testicular pain or swelling was the commonest complaint (68%) …

kpromatous leprosy is known to cause widespread infection of the body and skin due to
haematogenous dissemination of the organisms' Moreover, it is known that Mycobacterium …