An unusual presentation of lepramatous leprosy.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease affecting all parts of the body but has a predilection for involvement of peripheral nerves, mucosa of the respiratory tract and the skin. Though common in the tropics and sub-tropics it is not uncommonly encountered in the West consequent to jet travel and the increased flow of immigrants from Commonwealth and African Countries. The protean clinical manifestations of leprosy are familiar to practitioners in the topics. However, an unusual presentation may not only beguile the experienced clinician in the tropics but also his colleagues in the West. We describe here such an unusual case.