Oral lesions in leprosy revisited: a case report

Am J Dermatopathol. 2012 Aug;34(6):666-7. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182485bcc.

Abstract

There is a scarcity of the histopathologically proven lesions of leprosy in the oral cavity, in the world literature. A 55-year-old man had come with a complaint of asymptomatic nodular lesions in the oral cavity. Cutaneous lesions and peripheral nerve examination were suggestive of lepromatous leprosy. Histopathologic examination of a nodule on the palate demonstrated diffuse macrophagic granulomas and acid-fast bacilli.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / diagnosis*
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / microbiology
  • Leprosy, Lepromatous / pathology*
  • Lip / microbiology
  • Lip / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mouth / microbiology
  • Mouth / pathology*
  • Mycobacterium leprae / isolation & purification
  • Palate, Soft / microbiology
  • Palate, Soft / pathology