1Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary, Karnataka
2Department of Dentistry, Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary, Karnataka,
3Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, S.S.Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre Davangere, Karnataka
4Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, S.S.Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre Davangere, Karnataka
5Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, S.S.Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre Davangere, Karnataka
6Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, S.S.Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre Davangere, Karnataka
Leprosy continues to be a public health problem in India. Cases were selected regardless of their age, sex, religion, occupation and socio economic status. Pathological examination helps in confirming the clinical diagnosis. Clinically exact typing of leprosy is difficult and even slit-skin smear yields poor results. Majority of the cases were seen in second and third decade. Patients of both sexes were affected and it was more in males than in females. Patients from different religions were affected among these most of them belonged to Hindu religion.
Leprosy, Histopathology, Diagnosis
