01126nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653004000042653002500082653002100107653002000128100001700148700001100165700001400176700001500190700001500205700001100220245006000231856011600291300001200407490000700419520047000426       2023                            d10aborderline tuberculoid (BT) leprosy10aBT downgrading to BL10aLazarine leprosy10aType 1 reaction1 aSupekar B. B1 aSoni R1 aBhushan R1 aMukhi J. I1 aSingh R. P1 aBhat D00aUncommon presentation of leprosy: A report of two cases  uhttps://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2023;volume=68;issue=3;spage=313;epage=317;aulast=Supekar  a313-3170 v683 a<p>Lazarine leprosy is an unusual expression of usually borderline tuberculoid (BT) form characterized by spontaneous ulceration of skin lesions. This is presumably the result of an exaggerated type 1 reaction. It commonly occurs in the BT, borderline lepromatous forms and rarely in the lepromatous forms of leprosy. We report two cases of lazarine leprosy in the BT and BT downgrading to borderline lepromatous spectrum in healthy and immunocompetent males.</p>