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NASAL LEPROMA - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF LEPROSY

Journal: Otolaryngology online journal (Vol.4, No. 4)

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Page : 126-132

Keywords : Leprosy; Leproma nose;

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Abstract

Leprosy is a disease known to mankind from time immemorial. It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by mycobacterium leprae, an acid fast bacilli, which affect all groups with no sex predilection. Usually they present with numb hypopigmented patches & localized paresthesia. 1 Here we present to you a case of lepromatous leprosy, with only nasal symptoms as their predominant complaints, due to its unusual nature of presentation.

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