title: Case study--leprosy.
abstract: We present the case of a 26 year old Indian base worker who attended the Role 2 enhanced hospital in Iraq with a case of leprosy. The patient presented four times over a 12 month period with non-specific pain in the right hand and forearm combined with a large lesion of dry skin and reduced sensation in the forearm. A clinical diagnosis of leprosy was made, which was subsequently confirmed as paucibacillary leprosy by skin smears sent to the UK. It was not possible to treat the patient locally and a recommendation made to the patient's employer that the patient return to India to commence treatment.
authors.affiliation: Royal Navy, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. sandy.wood@luht.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bakker-Dyos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007493:Iraq; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male