Multiple hypoaesthetic, hypopigmented macules on right lateral forearm with numerous acid fast bacilli is indicative of
Ans. d. Borderline leprosy Multiple hypoaesthetic, hypopigmented macules on right lateral forearm with numerous acid-fast bacilli is indicative of borderline lepromatous leprosy. Multiple lesions and numerous AFB bacilli indicate either lepromatous or borderline lesions, and hypoesthesia and hypopigmentation narrows it fuher to borderline (actually borderline lepromatous), as sensation is normal in lepromatous leprosy
Tuberculoid leprosy
Lepromatous leprosy
Indeterminate leprosy
Borderline leprosy