@article{25666,
  keywords = {leprosy, Palatal perforation, India},
  author = {DONGRE A and Kar S and Jain S and GONDSE S},
  title = {PALATAL PERFORATION: A RARE PRESENTING SIGN OF LEPROSY},
  abstract = {A 60 years old male presented with regurgitations of liquid food through the nose along with epistaxis and tingling numbess of both the upper and lower extremities. On clinical examination a diagnosis of Hansen’s disease was made and was confirmed on slit skin smear. The palatal perforation healed on treatment with multi-drug therapy for leprosy (MDT-MB). This case is being reported for rarity of mucosal lesions in this era of multi drug treatment of leprosy.},
  year = {2010},
  journal = {MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES},
  volume = {15},
  pages = {75 - 76},
  url = {http://medind.nic.in/jaw/t10/i1/jawt10i1p75.pdf},
  language = {eng},
}