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Hepatic involvement in lepromatous leprosy
Teresa C A Ferrari1, Marcelo G Araújo, Maria M F Ribeiro
1Federal University of Minas Gerais, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Avenue Alfredo Balena, 190, 30130-100, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. tferrari@medicina.ufmg.br
Leprosy Review
|April 24, 2002
Abstract:
Hepatic involvement in a lepromatous leprosy (LL) patient is reported. The serum concentrations of aminotransferases were much higher than previously described in the leprosy literature. Other causes for hepatic damage were ruled out. Such hepatic involvement and elevation of aminotransferases have never been described in leprosy.