A case of paucibacillary leprosy

We report a case of leprosy. A31-old-filippine female present with 5 month history of an erythematous plaqe on her right neck. Examination showed 4 erythematous plaqes with her. A histological examination of the skin lesion of hir thigh revealed granulomas around nerve and skin appendages which consist of lymphocytes, epidermoid cells and giant cells. Although no acid fast bacilli were not demonstrated by skin biopsy with Ziehl-Neelsen staining, the Mycobacterium leprae-specific DNA was detected by polymerase chain reaction method. A diagnosis ofpaucibacillary leprosy had made. We started treatment with ofloxacin but she return to filippine soon.