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Cytological Evaluation of Leprosy and its Comparison with Histopathology     

Jain R, Sharma Veena K, Agarwal AK, Bisht D, Sharma VK, Sharma RP, Samant Meena

Abstract

This study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of aspiration cytology in the diagnosis and classification of leprosy. A total of 130 suspected leprosy cases were evaluated for detailed cytological features. Histology was available in only 100 cases. Leprosy cases were classified according to Ridley - Jopling spectrum. On cyto-histological correlation in polar tuberculoid and polar lepromatous group 100% concordance was observed, whereas, it was 94.12% in borderline tuberculoid, 93.75% in borderline lepromatous and 50% in midborderline group. Overall diagnostic accuracy was 87.57%. Borderline group posed problem in sub classification, especially the midborderline.

Journal of Cytology 2004; 21 (1) : 23-25

Key Words: Leprosy; AFB; Cytology; Histology