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Leprosy


Leprosy Consult pathologist prior to collecting specimens: tissue fluid (blood free) obtained from eye brows, ear lobes, skin lesions, nasopharynx - mycobacteria testing (microscopy).
  Skin lesions Skin biopsy - elliptical, excisional (not punch) biopsy; fresh and fixed tissue required.
  Erythema nodosum leprosum  
  Reversal reactions (treatment related)  
  Amyloidosis  
  Neuropathy  





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