Surgery for ulnar nerve decompression and drainage of a caseous granuloma in a neural form of leprosy in children.
Fernando Henrique Morais de SouzaLuiz Euripedes Almondes Santana LemosBruno Rafael Sousa RosadoRaiza Rafaela Borges De OliveiraMayle Gomes Ferreira de AraújoRhuann Pontes Dos Santos SilvaNivaldo Sena AlmeidaHildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-FilhoPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
Leprosy is a chronic, granulomatous, mycobacterial infection caused by mycobacterium leprae, affecting the skin and peripheral nervous system. We present a case of a 13-year-old child with leprosy for more than a year, indicating decompression of the ulnar nerve. During surgery, an intraneural large caseous granule was evidenced.