Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory characteristics among leprosy patients.
Fig 1.
Ultrasound of the ulnar nerve (transverse view) proximal to the cubital tunnel in a leprosy patient, showing neural thickening and enlarged fascicles (white arrow).
Fig 2.
Ultrasound of the tibial nerve (transverse view) proximal to the tarsal tunnel in a leprosy patient, showing a thickened and hypoechoic nerve with loss of the fascicular pattern (white arrow).
Table 2.
Distribution of peripheral nerves most involved in multisegmental US evaluation of leprosy patients.
Table 3.
Cross-sectional area (CSA) measurements (mm2) by multisegmental ultrasound evaluation in healthy volunteers and leprosy patients.
Table 4.
Absolute difference in CSA (ΔCSA) measurements (mm2) between right and left sides by multisegmental US evaluation in study participants.
Table 5.
Absolute difference in CSA measurements (mm2) between tunnel points and those proximal to the tunnel on the same side by multisegmental US evaluation of study participants.
Table 6.
CSA measurements by multisegmental US evaluation in leprosy patients according to the Ridley-Jopling classification.