01036nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260005600042653001100098653002500109653000800134653000900142653001600151653001000167653002500177653001700202100001500219700001200234700001300246245005500259300001000314490000700324520043700331022001400768 2012 d c2012 AugbLippincott Williams & WilkinsaHagerstown10aHumans10aLeprosy, lepromatous10aLip10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aMouth10aMycobacterium leprae10aPalate, Soft1 aDhawan A K1 aVerma P1 aSharma S00aOral lesions in leprosy revisited: a case report. a666-70 v343 a

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.

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