Tattoos and paucibacillary leprosy

摘要

Tattooing is an age-old custom in India. Although transmission of infectious diseases through tattooing is well known, there have been occasional reports of the association of leprosy and tattooing.1'2 However, disease, localized to tattoos, goes unrecognized or misdiagnosed as another tubercular disease such as lupus vulgaris or non-tubercular disease. An unusual case of leprotic plaque over tattoos is discussed below.