Concomitant active pulmonary tuberculosis and lepromatous leprosy with type- II lepra reaction in same patient

Leprosy and tuberculosis are two common diseases in India. Tuberculosis is more common in Mahabubnagar dist, Andhrapradesh. The concomitant occurrence of both tuberculosis and leprosy in a single individual are not an uncommon clinical condition but is being reported infrequently in literature. We report a rare case of active pulmonary tuberculosis with active leprosy in a type 2 diabetic patient