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  • Title: Hand deformity and sensory loss due to Hansen's disease in American Samoa.
    Author: Brunel W, Schecter WP, Schecter G.
    Journal: J Hand Surg Am; 1988 Mar; 13(2):279-83. PubMed ID: 2832466.
    Abstract:
    We report the prevalence of sensory loss and hand deformity in 63 patients with Hansen's disease in American Samoa. Open ulceration, the most common deformity, was present in 41% of patients; sensory abnormalities were present in 54% and were bilateral in 65%. The presence of abnormal sensibility correlated with a high percentage of other deformities. Hand abnormalities were most prevalent in lepromatous patients and were related to a prolonged duration of disease. Nerve thickening did not appear to be a helpful clinical finding to assess the degree of sensory loss.
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