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Á¦¸ñ Report on Physical Deformities in Leprosy Patients
ÀúÀÚ Kye Han Kim, Ok Jung Koh, Jang Yong Kim, Chan Young Oh, and Hoon Young Chan ¼Ò¼Ó Bureau of Public Health, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Dept. of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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¿ä¾à For the purpose of evaluating the physical deformities or disfigurement of the leprosy
patientsr a study was carried out of 928 leprosy patients (20 indeterminate group, 211
tuberculoid type, 92 borderline group and 605 lepromatous type) and the results are
summarized below :
1. Deformities of the extremities were observed in 505 cases (54.5%) and among them
307 cases (33%) had deformities in upper extremity, 30 cases(3.2%) in loller and 168
cases (18.1%) had in both.
2. Of 1,856 arms, 765 arms (41.3%) had one or the other deformity; 20 cases(1%) had
wrist-drop: of 9,280 fingers, 2,431 fingers (26.2%) were chaw finger.
3. Of 1,856 legs, 257 legs(13.8%) had deformities, 87 feet had drop foot.
4. Of 928 cases, 628(67.7%) had loss of eyebrows.
5. Of 928 cases, 48 cases (5.1%) were blind and 73 eyes were blind.
6. Of 928 cases, 163 cases had saddle nose.
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