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A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection caused by an obligate intracellular protozoon transmitted by infected sand flies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease known in our country as oriental sore, which heals, leaving a scar in place, mainly on the skin and sometimes in the mucous membrane...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10162717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37151251 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_306_22 |
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author | Çulha, Gülnaz Doğramacı, A. Çiğdem Kaya, Tuğba Seçinti, İlke Evrim |
author_facet | Çulha, Gülnaz Doğramacı, A. Çiğdem Kaya, Tuğba Seçinti, İlke Evrim |
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description | Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection caused by an obligate intracellular protozoon transmitted by infected sand flies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease known in our country as oriental sore, which heals, leaving a scar in place, mainly on the skin and sometimes in the mucous membrane. Demonstration of the parasite in chronic CL is difficult. Moreover, differential diagnosis from other granulomatous dermatitides such as lupus vulgaris, sarcoidosis and deep mycosis is growing difficult. A case of CL was presented in an 84-year-old female patient who had a pre-diagnosis of lymphoma and a nodule lesion on her forehead for 2.5 months. In the smear of the sample taken from the lesion, amastigote forms of the parasite were diagnosed and typed as L. infantum by the Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method. |
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spelling | pubmed-101627172023-05-06 A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma Çulha, Gülnaz Doğramacı, A. Çiğdem Kaya, Tuğba Seçinti, İlke Evrim Indian J Dermatol Case Report Leishmaniasis is a parasitic infection caused by an obligate intracellular protozoon transmitted by infected sand flies. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a skin disease known in our country as oriental sore, which heals, leaving a scar in place, mainly on the skin and sometimes in the mucous membrane. Demonstration of the parasite in chronic CL is difficult. Moreover, differential diagnosis from other granulomatous dermatitides such as lupus vulgaris, sarcoidosis and deep mycosis is growing difficult. A case of CL was presented in an 84-year-old female patient who had a pre-diagnosis of lymphoma and a nodule lesion on her forehead for 2.5 months. In the smear of the sample taken from the lesion, amastigote forms of the parasite were diagnosed and typed as L. infantum by the Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) method. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10162717/ /pubmed/37151251 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_306_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Indian Journal of Dermatology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Çulha, Gülnaz Doğramacı, A. Çiğdem Kaya, Tuğba Seçinti, İlke Evrim A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title | A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_full | A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_fullStr | A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_short | A Case of Leishmania Infantum Mimicking Lymphoma |
title_sort | case of leishmania infantum mimicking lymphoma |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10162717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37151251 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.ijd_306_22 |
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