Editor,—Haemangiomas of the uveal tract are most frequently located in the choroid. Diffuse choroidal haemangiomas are seen generally in patients with Sturge–Weber syndrome (encephalofacial haemangiomatosis).1 Haemangiomas of the ciliary body are extremely rare.2 Haemangiomas of the iris are also rare, with an incidence of 2% in a series of 145 primary tumours of the iris.3

Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous disease caused byMycobacterium leprae. A number of tumours have been reported in leprosy patients, some associated with the complications produced by the disease and some incidental.4-6 We report here an iris haemangioma that occurred in a leprosy patient.