Nasal leproma - an unusual presentation of leprosy

Leprosy 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