Huntington's disease (HD) was observed in a 45-year-old male Melanesian patient from the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea. The patient had multiple peripheral nerve palsies as a result of tuberculoid leprosy and had been resident in the leprosy ward of Goroka Base Hospital for over 6 years. During this time his HD had remained undiagnosed. This is the first report of HD in the Hig...

This paper describes the clinical history of an adult male who was found to be suffering from subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. It is believed that this is the first report of this condition in Papua New Guinea.