Table 1.

Clinicocytological details of the cases of pure neuritic leprosy.

	C/N	Cl/f	Site of FNA	Cytological details
				cellul	Ner frag	Sch cells	L	M	Epi cell	Gr	Casnecr	AFB
1	26/M	Num,	Rt com per	++	+	+	++	++	+	−	−	++
2	32/M	Sens def	Rt uln	+	+	+	++	++	−	−	−	++
3	45/F	Pain, pares	Lt med	++	++	++	+++	++	++	++	−	−
4	24/M	pain	Rt uln	++	++	++	+++	+	+++	+++	−	−
5	42/M	pain	Lt sup per	++	++	++	+++	+	+++	+++	−	−

C/N, Case Number; M, Male; F, Female; Cl/f, Clinical feature; Num, Numbness; Sens def, Sensory deficiency; pares, paresthesia; fna, fine needle aspiration; Rt, Right; Lt, Left; com per, common peroneal; uln, ulnar; med, median; sup per, superficial peroneal; cellul, cellularity; Ner frag, Nerve fragment; Sch, Schwann; L, Lymphocytes; M, Macrophages; Epi, Epithelioid; Gr, Granuloma; Cas necr, Caseous necrosis; AFB, Acid Fast Bacilli; (Cellularity: +, moderate, ++, good); (Nerve fragments and other cells: +, present; ++, moderate in number; +++; numerous); (AFB: ++, many).