Publications by authors named "Thummalakunta Surekha"
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
August 2009
Article Synopsis
- Leprosy is a treatable nerve disorder that can cause severe functional impairment, and high-resolution sonography and color Doppler imaging can effectively reveal nerve enlargement and inflammation.
- A study of 20 leprosy patients showed that their peripheral nerves were significantly thicker compared to healthy controls, with discrepancies in clinical assessments of nerve enlargement, indicating the limitation of physical examination.
- The research highlights that sonography is a more reliable tool for detecting nerve damage in leprosy, showing greater extents of damage and increased vascularity in nerves that correlate with clinical symptoms.
