Skin patches heralding relapse in a treated case of neuritic leprosy

摘要

A 36-year-old soldier, an old case of pure neuritic leprosy with initial involvement of left ulnar and right common peroneal nerves, who had received MDT-MB for 2 ears, presented 3 years after successful completion of MDT with complaints of pain in the left periorbital region, increased weakness of the left hand and right foot, and hypopigmented skin patches over the left forearm and right thigh of 3 months duration. Examination revealed two large ill-defined hypopigmented hypoaesthetic skin patches over the right thigh and left forearm, espectively.