@article{22641, keywords = {Humans, Leprosy, lepromatous, Lip, Male, Middle Aged, Mouth, Mycobacterium leprae, Palate, Soft}, author = {Dhawan A K and Verma P and Sharma S}, title = {Oral lesions in leprosy revisited: a case report.}, 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.

}, year = {2012}, journal = {The American Journal of dermatopathology}, volume = {34}, pages = {666-7}, month = {2012 Aug}, publisher = {Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}, address = {Hagerstown}, issn = {1533-0311}, doi = {10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182485bcc}, language = {eng}, }