title: Involvement of male genitalia in leprosy.
abstract: Four hundred and sixty-seven male patients with leprosy were screened for genital involvement. Genital lesions were observed in 6.6% of all male cases of leprosy. They were seen most frequently in lepromatous leprosy (25.8%), followed by borderline lepromatous (13.3%) and borderline tuberculoid (1.4%) leprosy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160 012, India. kumarbhushan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D005837:Genitalia, Male; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology