title: Lepromatous leprosy: An Unusual Presentation.
abstract: A 25 year old man presented with loss of sensations over both hands and feet and extreme difficulty in passing urine. On examination, an indurated sclerotic plaque was present on shaft of penis and scrotum in addition to other features of lepromatous leprosy. Skin biopsy from the penile lesion showed presence of a large number of acid fast bacilli with a BI of 6+ extending into the epidermis and histopathology showed absence of Grenz zone and presence of foamy macrophages in the dermis up to the dermo-epidermal junction.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology