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case_images: No leprosy-related skin lesions were seen.
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case_images: A dermatological examination revealed no leprosy-related skin lesions (Figure 1).
case_images: Finger deformities.
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case_images: The patient had contractures in both hand's third, fourth, and fifth fingers (Figure 2), as well as hypothenar and thenar muscle atrophy.
case_images: Toe deformity of the right foot with trophic ulcer and hypertrophic scar.
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case_images: Amputation of the third left toe, contracture of the first right toe, contractures in the toes of the left foot's toes, trophic ulcer, and hypertrophic scar were among the lower extremity injuries (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Toe deformities of the left foot.
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case_images: Amputation of the third left toe, contracture of the first right toe, contractures in the toes of the left foot's toes, trophic ulcer, and hypertrophic scar were among the lower extremity injuries (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Histopathological nerve examination with hematoxylin eosin staining revealed axon and Schwann cell within normal limit (A) in 20x magnification and (B) in 100x magnification (for parts enclosed within the black box), fibroblast cells in between within normal limit (C) in 20x magnification and (D) in 200x magnification (for parts enclosed within the black box), and (E) lymphocytic infiltration in the fibrocollagen stroma (black arrow).
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case_images: Histopathological nerve examination with hematoxylin eosin staining revealed axon and Schwann cell within normal limit (Figure 5A and B), fibroblast cells in between within normal limit (Figure 5C and D), and lymphocytic infiltration in the fibrocollagen stroma (Figure 5E).
case_images: No AFB were found in histopathological nerve examination with Fite-Faraco staining as shown (A) in 20x magnification and (B) in 200x magnification (for parts enclosed within the black box).
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case_images: No AFB was detected in the histopathological examination of the left ulnar nerve biopsy as shown in 20x magnification (Figure 6A and B) in 200x magnification.