00771nas a2200217 4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001100055653001100066653001200077653000900089653001600098653003900114653000900153100001300162245003500175300001000210490000700220520031200227022001400539 1998 d c1998 Mar10aBiopsy10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases10aSkin1 aKhaw G E00aNeural leprosy--a case report. a114-60 v533 a

Neural leprosy is rare. This is a report of a 63-year-old Indian man who had long standing multiple peripheral neuropathy. The slit skin smear for acid-fast bacilli of Mycobacterium leprae was positive. The skin and nerve biopsies were normal. He was treated with rifampicin, dapsone and clofazimine.

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