NASAL LEPROMA - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF LEPROSY
Journal: Otolaryngology online journal (Vol.4, No. 4)Publication Date: 2014-06-09
Authors : Shivakumar Thiagarajan; AP Sambandan; S Ambujam;
Page : 126-132
Keywords : Leprosy; Leproma nose;
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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