A 10-year Retrospective Descriptive Study on Pure Neuritic Leprosy from a Tertiary Referral Centre.

Context: Pure neuritic leprosy is a risk factor for grade 2 disability owing to the early nerve damage.

Aims: To study the clinical patterns of neuritic leprosy, to determine the percentage of patients manifesting grade 2 disability at the time of diagnosis and to identify any risk factors for the same.

Settings And Design: Retrospective descriptive study from previous case records of pure neuritic leprosy patients who attended a tertiary centre from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2017.