01228nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001500054700001500069700001100084700001500095700001300110700001200123245007300135856008300208300001200291490000900303520069600312022001401008       2020                            d  c01/20201 aParajuli N1 aShrestha S1 aLama L1 aShrestha R1 aTiwari S1 aKarki A00aMultibacillary Leprosy Presenting as Anetoderma in a Young Teenager.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411477/pdf/CRIDM2020-8847310.pdf  a88473100 v20203 a<p>Anetoderma presents as a circumscribed area of slack skin. It can present as either primary or secondary, if associated with other conditions. Leprosy is one of the causes of secondary anetoderma, but it is not commonly reported, especially in multibacillary leprosy. Here, we report a case of a 16-year-old young girl who presented with fever, joint pain, and only three anetodermic plaques. A slit skin smear from the lesion showed multiple acid-fast bacilli with a bacillary index of 3+, thus confirming the diagnosis of leprosy. This case is unique since multibacillary leprosy presented with only few anetoderma lesions in a young teenager girl from a leprosy-eliminated country.</p>  a2090-6463