01252nas a2200169   4500000000100000008004100001100001200042700001500054700001200069700001400081700001300095245011200108856006800220300001100288490000700299520077600306       2021                            d1 aSinha A1 aBeniwal NS1 aSingh G1 aDangwal V1 aMadan GS00aLateral Cutaneous Nerve of Forearm: A Rare Cutaneous Nerve to Develop Abscess in a Relapsed Case of Leprosy  uhttp://www.ijl.org.in/2021/9-A%20Sinha%20et%20al%20(97-103).pdf  a97-1030 v933 aLeprosy is a disease of the skin and nerves; and the involvement of both peripheral and cutaneous nerves is
often found in leprosy. Despite adequate treatment with Multi Drug Therapy, Mycobacterium leprae may
survive and cause relapse, which is characterized by a combination of new signs or symptoms and presence of
acid-fast bacilli on skin or nerve biopsy samples. Nerve abscess is an unusual presentation of leprosy relapse,
and has been reported most commonly in ulnar nerve followed by median nerve and common peroneal nerve
and rarely in cutaneous nerves or nerves supplying a patch of leprosy. We report a rare case of nerve abscess in
lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm in relation to a leprosy patch, in a relapsed case of Borderline tuberculoid
leprosy.