Publication: Isolated Leprosy of Bilateral Ear Lobes, A Rare Presentation of Leprosy
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Paudel, V | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chudal, D | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-14T07:17:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-14T07:17:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Paudel V,1 Chudal D2 1Department of Dermatology and Venereology National Medical College, Birgunj, Nepal 2Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal | |
| dc.description.abstract | ABSTRACT Hansen disease is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. It can present with a variety of clinical manifestations depending on the immune status. Ear lobes are commonly involved in leprosy. However, isolated earlobe involvement of both ear lobes is rare. We present a case of a 25-year-old man who presented with isolated swelling of both pinna, which on slit skin smear turned to be multi-bacillary leprosy. The bilateral pinna swelling started as asymptomatic, multiple skin colored shiny papules which progressively became lobular over a period of a year. Isolated involvement of the pinna in a patient without lesions in other body parts is an unusual initial presentation of leprosy. However, leprosy should be kept as a rare differential diagnosis of isolated lesions on the ear in patients not responding to conventional treatment. KEY WORDS Hansen’s disease, Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/3625 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Kathmandu University | |
| dc.subject | Hansen’s disease | |
| dc.subject | Leprosy | |
| dc.subject | Mycobacterium leprae | |
| dc.title | Isolated Leprosy of Bilateral Ear Lobes, A Rare Presentation of Leprosy | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Case Report | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 270 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 268 | |
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