ULNAR NERVE ABSCESS IN A MULTIBACILLARY PATIENT DURING POST-MULTIDRUGTHERAPY SURVEILLANCE

An old borderline-lepromatous leprosy patient, treated initially with DDS monotherapy followed by MDT, 11 years later during surveillance pr esented with 3-month-old asymptomatic cystic swelling, arising from th e right ulnar nerve without exhibiting any evidence to document relaps e of the disease. It responded promptly to corticosteroid therapy. Thi s unusual clinical presentations of ulnar nerve abscess has not been r eported elsewhere.