Thalidomide has been used by Brazilian physicians as the drug of choice for the treatment of severe ENL since 1965, and by 1996, at least 33 cases of thalidomide embryopathy were recorded in people born in Brazil after 1965.
A talidomida foi utilizada por médicos brasileiros como medicamento de elección para o tratamento de eritema nodoso leproso grave desde 1965, e en 1996, informouse de polo menos 33 casos de embriopatía por talidomida en persoas nacidas en Brasil despois de 1965.