An unusual cause of hand trauma in the emergency department

Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Sep;24(3):526-9. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70190-3.

Abstract

Leprosy was once a severely mutilating and incapacitating disease with little hope for the afflicted. Today, patients with leprosy do not suffer from the obvious deformities seen in earlier days, so recognition of this disease has become more difficult. We report the case of a man with no previous disabilities who presented to the emergency department with acute unintentional hand trauma secondary to peripheral neuropathy caused by leprosy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Amputation, Traumatic / diagnosis
  • Amputation, Traumatic / epidemiology
  • Amputation, Traumatic / etiology*
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Causality
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Hand Injuries / diagnosis
  • Hand Injuries / epidemiology
  • Hand Injuries / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Leprosy / complications*
  • Leprosy / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / complications*