01131nas a2200181 4500000000100000008004100001100001500042700001500057700001100072700001100083700001100094700001300105245005900118856009200177300001200269490000700281520066100288 2022 d1 aSharmeen A1 aVarshney I1 aAdil M1 aKhan H1 aAmin S1 aAfroze R00aMilia Over Healing Leprosy Plaque: A Rare Presentation uhttps://www.ijl.org.in/published-articles/28122022090545/8_A_Sharmeen_et_al_355-357.pdf a355-3570 v943 a
Milia are benign keratinous cysts that present as small, firm, dome-shaped papules. Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by M leprae. It is well known to damage skin adnexa, including eccrine glands, due to infiltration of inflammatory cells or by pressure from granuloma formation followed by their subsequent repair. We report a 12-year-old male with multiple milia over a healing plaque of BT Hansen’s disease to highlight the rare presentation where the healing process and not the acute inflammatory reaction was crucial in milia formation because of the occurrence of milia only over resolving lesions without lepra reactions.