01086nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001100001300042700001200055700001300067700001600080700001500096700001300111245011500124856005100239300001400290490000700304520059300311       2019                            d1 aSharma S1 aDayal S1 aBansal C1 aJanshruti J1 aAggarwal K1 aMarwah N00aBorderline Tuberculoid leprosy of the scalp mimicking alopecia areata-vitiligo overlap syndrome: A case report  uhttps://leprosyreview.org/article/90/4/19-0049  a444–4490 v903 aThe scalp is known to be a zone relatively immune to Mycobacterium leprae. Regardless, there have been multiple reports of multibacillary (MB) leprosy affecting the scalp. However, less than ten paucibacillary leprosy (PB) cases with scalp involvement are known, two of which also had patches of alopecia. Herein, we report
the third case of ‘leprotic alopecia’ in a 26-year-old female secondary to PB leprosy. Although the clinical picture mimicked alopecia areata-vitiligo overlap syndrome,
histopathological examination revealed borderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy of the scalp.