Purpose: To evaluate the ocurrence of ophthalmologic involvement in multibacillary leprosy patients. Methods: At FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, 77 multibacillary leprosy patients were evaluated on diagnosis. Results: On ophthalmologic examination 55.8% of the patients presented ocular involvement and the most fre-quent type was a loss of the sensitivity of the cornea. Conclusion: Ophthalmologic examination should be a routine examination in leprosy diagnosis in order to pre-vent ophthalmologic lesions in leprosy patients.
Eye infections; Bacterial; Mycobacterium leprae
