EyeRounds Online Atlas of Ophthalmology

Contributor:
William Charles Caccamise Sr,MD, Retired Clinical Prof of Ophthalmology-U of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Category: Systemic Disorders
Diagnosis: Post-op Leprosy patient

Image Comments:

This post-op cataract leprosy patient probably had never slept in a regular bed before her hospital stay. She was assigned the luxury of a private room and regular meals. Placing an overt leper in a ward was not socially acceptable. In reality, there was almost no chance for an adult who was never exposed to leprosy in childhood to be infected by normal contact with a leper. The greater danger existed in contracting tuberculosis from contact with a tuberculous leprosy patient. Notice the typically distorted hands of this patient.

 

 

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