“…Leprosy compromises the nasal mucosa, producing typical and individualized lesions of leprous rhinitis, including infiltration, lepromas, perforation, ulcerations and crust formation. However, other observations not exclusive to leprous rhinitis, such as discoloration or paleness of the mucosa, congestion, ectasias, vasculitis, atrophy, dryness and presence of blood, can also present in other nasal disorders (Yang et al, 2014). To establish a positive diagnosis of leprosy, bacterioscopy and, especially, mucosal histopathology is required, using precise perivascular and neural infiltration to confirm the etiology (Oliveira and Diniz, 2016).…”