De Sousa del Pino G, Ferreira J, Bernardi C, Salomon Ponzio H A, Cestari Ponzio T
Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1983;11(2):99-106.
A total of 417 suspected cases of hanseniasis reported in Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, between November 1, 1974 and December 31, 1977 are analyzed. New cases diagnosed only on clinical grounds by dermatologists and general practitioner are analyzed separately. All cases are submitted to anatomo-pathological test. Cases clinically diagnosed and cases confirmed by histological and clinical findings demonstrated that differences between the two classifications don't exert a significant influence in any of the granulomatous form cases count. A considerable amount of suspected cases of indeterminated form were eliminated during the study either because they reveal a granulomatous histological structure. These findings reduced the proportion between the indeterminated form and the others.
对1974年11月1日至1977年12月31日期间巴西南里奥格兰德州报告的417例疑似麻风病例进行了分析。皮肤科医生和全科医生仅根据临床诊断的新病例单独进行分析。所有病例均接受解剖病理学检查。临床诊断病例以及经组织学和临床检查结果确诊的病例表明，两种分类之间的差异对任何肉芽肿形式病例的计数均未产生重大影响。在研究过程中，相当数量的不确定形式疑似病例被排除，要么是因为它们显示出肉芽肿性组织结构。这些发现降低了不确定形式与其他形式之间的比例。
