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“Objectives: To verify the frequency of oral and facial involvement in diagnosed Endocrinology & Hormones inhibitor leprosy patients. Study design: This study was performed on 100 leprosy patients (62 male, 38 female, mean ages 51.86 +/- 6.1). After explaining the study design, we studied descriptive information including: patient’s sex, age, job, place of birth, familial history of leprosy, types of disease (lepromatous,

borderline and tuberculoid leprosy), ocular and oral lesions, facial involvement and neuropathy. The statistical signification was measured by chi-square test.

Results: A total of 46 (23 lepromatous, 15 borderline, Epigenetic inhibitor and 8 tuberculoid leproy) out of 100 patients with

leprosy had oral lesions. Statistical analysis did not show any significant difference in frequency of oral lesions between different types of disease. Facial lesions were presented in 57 (39 lepromatous, 10 borderline, and 8 tuberculoid leprosy) patients. There was a statistical significant difference in frequency of facial manifestations between different types of leprosy. It has to be mentioned that, atrophy of nasal spine, facial nerve involvement, ocular lesions and facial deformity were seen in 15%, 17%, 22% and 44% of leprosy patients, respectively.

Conclusion: Examination of leprosy patients should be extended to the oral mucosa because oral mucosa may be a secondary source of M. Leprae transmission and infection.”
“The objectives of this study were to measure the length of horizontal

segment of facial nerve (HFN), the length of vertical segment of facial nerve (VFN), and the angle between these 2 segments on a fully displayed multislice computed tomographic multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) images of HFN and VFN and to analyze the data with respects to side, sex, and age. Parameters of 234 patients (468 observations, 118 men and 116 women, aged 4-70 years) with intact temporal bone were measured MS-275 chemical structure on multislice computed tomographic multiplanar reconstruction images. The data gained were analyzed by statistical method. The left and right lengths of VFN were significantly different (P < 0.05). And the length of HFN, the length of VFN, and the angle between males and females were significantly different (P < 0.05). We divided the data into 3 groups to study correlations between measurements and age. In underaged group, there was a strong positive correlation between the length of VFN and age; the value of Pearson correlation was 0.645. And there was a weak correlation between the angle and the age; the value of Pearson correlation was 0.270. In older-aged group, there was a moderate negative correlation between the length of VFN and age; the value of Pearson correlation was -0.408.