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of borderline leprosy, I expect that examination of
the biopsy specimen revealed both poorly defined
granulomas and numerous bacilli.
Dr. E. Tessa Hedley-Whyte:
Dr. Dawson, what was
your clinical impression before the diagnostic procedure?
Dr. Katherine T. Dawson
(Neurology): Our clinical
impression was very close to that described by Dr.
Chad. We were concerned about vasculitis, but we
were also concerned about leprosy because of the
skin lesions. We presented the patient to Dr. Anthony
Amato at our interhospital neuromuscular
conference.
Dr. Anthony Amato
(Neurology, Brigham and
Women’s Hospital, Boston): My initial impression
was that this patient’s disorder was most likely leprous
neuropathy. We decided to perform a suralnerve
biopsy. Under the optimal lighting of the operating
room, the skin lesions on the back and
arm were much more evident than they had been
in the clinic, and I believed that they were typical
of leprosy.