title: Oral lesions in leprosy revisited:  a case report.
abstract: There is a scarcity of the histopathologically proven lesions of leprosy in the oral cavity, in the world literature. A 55-year-old man had come with a complaint of asymptomatic nodular lesions in the oral cavity. Cutaneous lesions and peripheral nerve examination were suggestive of lepromatous leprosy. Histopathologic examination of a nodule on the palate demonstrated diffuse macrophagic granulomas and acid-fast bacilli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD and Department of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dhawan
authors.forename: Prashant
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008046:Lip / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology