Clinicopathological correlation of leprosy in Guantanamo

Abstract

A study was conducted to determine the clinical and histological correlation of leprosy in Guantanamo at the General Teaching Hospital "Dr. Agostinho Neto ", in 2011. The universe was composed of 23 patients diagnosed with Hansen's disease in the province. Sex, age groups, and areas of health, clinical forms, most frequent clinical manifestations, clinical and histological correlation of the studied cases: variables are described: Predominance of male patients, 55 and more years old; areas of the South and 4 de Abril had a higher incidence, the most common clinical form was found lepromatous and clinical predominant anesthetic macules and diffuse infiltration. It was concluded that although there is good histologic clinical correlation in most cases studied, among the factors that hinder this correlation poor selection of the biopsied sample, a misused technical deficiency of the reagents was found, among others.