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.
BT - The American Journal of dermatopathology C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22456516?dopt=Abstract C2 - USA CY - Hagerstown DA - 2012 Aug DO - 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3182485bcc IS - 6 J2 - Am J Dermatopathol LA - eng N2 -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.
PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins PP - Hagerstown PY - 2012 SP - 666 EP - 7 T2 - The American Journal of dermatopathology TI - Oral lesions in leprosy revisited: a case report. VL - 34 SN - 1533-0311 ER -