J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1993 Aug;34(8):800-803.
A Case of Posterior Involvement of Eye in Leprosy Patient
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Inha Hospital, School of Medicine, lnha Univhsity, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Inha Hospital, School of Medicine, Inha Univhsity, Korea.
Abstract
- Leprosy is a chronic systemic disease with ocular complications including lagophthalmos, uveal diseases, and corneal diseases. Blindness may result unless appropriate treatment is done. The authors report the ocular leprosy with generalized systemic nodules associated with severe proptosis, corneal opacity and retinal pathology.
