00850nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001653001800042653001000060100001800070700001600088700001400104245005500118856007300173490000600246520044000252       2014                            d10aNasal leprosy10aIndia1 aThiagarajan S1 aSambandan A1 aAmbujam S00aNasal leproma - an unusual presentation of leprosy  uhttp://www.jorl.net/index.php/jorl/article/view/Nasal_leproma/pdf_800 v43 aLeprosy is a disease known to mankind from time immemorial. It is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by mycobacterium leprae, an acid fast bacilli, which affect all groups with no sex predilection. Usually they present with numb hypopigmented patches & localized paresthesia. 1 Here we present to you a case of lepromatous leprosy, with only nasal symptoms as their predominant complaints, due to its unusual nature of presentation