Genital nodules and testicular hydrocele in a case of relapsed lepromatous leprosy

Abstract

A borderline-lepromatous leprosy patient treated initially with dapsone monotherapy for 10 years followed by a combination of dapsone and clofazimine for 6 months stopped anti-leprosy treatment in 1991. He presented 6 years later due to new, widespread nodules, and recurrent testicular hydrocele. He responded to WHO-MB-MDT and steroid therapy. His hydrocele was treated surgically. The co-existence of recurrent testicular hydrocele with genital nodules in relapsed LL led to this report.