TY - JOUR
AU - Sharma S
AU - Dayal S
AU - Bansal C
AU - Janshruti J
AU - Aggarwal K
AU - Marwah N
AB - The 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. 
BT - Leprosy review
IS - 4
LA - eng
N2 - The 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. 
PY - 2019
EP - 444–449
T2 - Leprosy review
TI - Borderline Tuberculoid leprosy of the scalp mimicking alopecia areata-vitiligo overlap syndrome: A case report
UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/90/4/19-0049
VL - 90
ER -