Involvement of palms in leprosy: An unusual clinical manifestation

• Main Authors: C Divyalakshmi (Author), Naveen Kumar Kansal (Author), Prashant Pranesh Joshi (Author), Divya Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leprosy (Hansen's disease), a chronic granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae, frequently affects the areas of skin, which have a relatively low temperature and/or are prone to trauma. Several zones of skin, for example, scalp, palms and soles, groins, genitalia, axillae, eyelids...