Abstract
Objective: To report the case of an adult patient, male, with diabetes mellitus and affected by leprosy. Case report: In the case reported, the patient is diabetic in irregular treatment and without periodic medical follow-up, which allowed the development of a characteristic picture of a consequent complication of the disease, the "diabetic foot", superimposed on the neurological sequelae of leprosy. Leprosy is caused by the M. leprae bacillus, which is tropism by skin cells and peripheral nerves, causing painless skin lesions. Final considerations: Until the present moment of the article's elaboration, the patient is undergoing polychemotherapy treatment for leprosy, rigorous glycemic control and rehabilitation.