01533nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042653001700054653001200071653002500083653001600108100001200124700001000136700001200146245007500158856008400233300001200317490000600329050001600335520096400351       2011                            d  c11/201110aOral lesions10aleprosy10aPremaxillary gingiva10aHard palate1 aKishve 1 aGiri 1 aShinde 00aLeprosy of The Hard Palate and The Premaxillary Gingiva: A Case Report  uhttp://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/1632/2902_060911_2902_E(C)_F(D)_PF(_)_P(_).pdf  a1286-880 v5  aKISHVE 20113 aLeprosy was first described in the ancient Indian texts from the 6th century BC, as a non fatal, chronic infectious disease which was caused by Mycobacterium leprae, whose clinical manifestation was largely confined to the skin, the peripheral nervous system, the upper respiratory tract, the eyes, and the testis. Oral lesions are rare, but when they are present, they occur in the lepromatous form. This article describes the clinical and the microscopic findings of a case of lepromatous leprosy with oral manifestations. The diagnosis was based on the clinical and histopathological findings, the multidrug therapy for multibacillary leprosy was started and continued for 24 months and the patient completed the treatment. We describe here, a case of a 64 yrs
old female who presented to us with a large, left premaxillary growth. Clinically, a large, well defined, lobulated mass over the left premaxillary region and the adjoining gingiva was observed.