Title : Role of fine needle aspiration cytology in the diagnosis of leprotic lesions
Abstract:
This study is a compilation of some interesting leprotic lesions diagnosed by simple fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC). A series of patients with palpable leprotic lesions, including polar tuberculoid and lepromatous neuritic leprosies, erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL), leprous osteitis, and histoid leprosy, will be presented.
Key points addressed in the study:
- Our study would enable physicians and dermatologists coming across such lesions to make effective use of the simple FNA procedure.
- It would also help improve awareness of the utility of this simple, cost-effective procedure in the diagnosis and management of patients with various leprotic lesions.
- Leprosy is not yet totally eradicated from the world, and hence there is scope for further epidemiological research.
- The FNAC procedure is a practical solution in these relatively rare clinical scenarios.
- Overall benefits: FNAC is a simple, minimally invasive, cost-effective screening tool as well as a diagnostic procedure that is highly useful in the clinical management of patients with a variety of leprotic lesions, including neuritic and reactionary leprosies.
