Biporalis keratomycosis in a leprosy patient: a case report

Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease in which ocular complications are common. Corneal scarring contributes to more than 20% of blindness in leprosy. Corneal ulcers, in turn, contribute to a signi®cant proportion of corneal scarring. Although most infectious keratitis is caused by bacteria, a signi®cant number of cases are produced by fungi. We report here the occurrence of a rare agent of keratomycosis in a leprosy patient.