Ultrastructure of the dermal microvasculature in leprosy

• Published in: International journal of leprosy and other mycobacterial diseases Vol. 50; no. 2; p. 164
• Main Authors: Turkel, S B, Van Hale, H M, Rea, T H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1982
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Capillaries - pathology; Capillaries - ultrastructure; Erythema Nodosum - pathology; Female; Humans; Inflammation - pathology; Leprosy - pathology; Lymphocytes - pathology; Macrophages - pathology; Male; Mast Cells - pathology; Microcirculation; Microscopy, Electron; Middle Aged; Phagocytosis; Skin - blood supply; Skin - pathology; Skin - ultrastructure

Infection with M. leprae may lead to the presence of the organism within the dermal vascular endothelium, a phenomenon most pronounced in lepromatous leprosy. In order to study the ultrastructural features of the dermal microvasculature in leprosy, biopsies from 18 patients with lepromatous (14), bo...