Bikash Ranjan Kar, P R Belliappa, Gigi Ebenezer, C K Job
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Abstract
A patient is reported who presented with a single lesion on the face which, on histopathological examination, was found to be borderline lepromatous leprosy. The importance of doing skin smears as a routine in all patients to differentiate Multibacillary from Paucibacillary disease is emphasized.