Intra‐cranial involvement of trigeminal nerve in a patient with borderline tuberculoid leprosy in type 1 lepra reaction.

Herein, we report a leprosy patient with trigeminal nerve involvement presenting as facial pain and paraesthesias which was initially diagnosed as trigeminal tumour and considered for gamma-knife surgery. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by I Mycobacterium leprae i which affects the skin and nerves. Intra-cranial involvement of trigeminal nerve in a patient with borderline tuberculoid leprosy in type 1 lepra reaction. [Extracted from the article]