A Clinical Study of Ocular Manifestations of Leprosy

Abstract

The ocular manifestations in 75 cases revealed that majority of them had brown and eyelash madarosis constituting 33%, Lagophthalmos 10.6%, exposure keratitis 9.3% and chronic dacroyocystitis 1.3%. Of the total study group, 47% of the population had no ocular manifestations, indicating the efficacy of early detection of disease and its effective control with multi drug regime therapy. A higher incidence of leprosy was recorded in male population.