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Lateral Cutaneous Nerve of Forearm: A Rare Cutaneous Nerve to Develop Abscess in a Relapsed Case of Leprosy
Abstract
Leprosy 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.
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