@article{25014, keywords = {Nasal leprosy, India}, author = {Thiagarajan S and Sambandan A and Ambujam S}, title = {Nasal leproma - an unusual presentation of leprosy}, 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}, year = {2014}, journal = {Otolaryngology online journal}, volume = {4}, url = {http://www.jorl.net/index.php/jorl/article/view/Nasal_leproma/pdf_80}, language = {eng}, }