AURICULAR ENLARGEMENT: AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF OLD WORLD CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS

The auricle is an extremely rare site for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Old World, which tends to be a benign disease with self-healing small nodules such as the “oriental sore”. However, in the New World, there is a type of CL of the ear, named as “chiclero's ulcer” which is caused by Leishm...

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Autores principales: Robati, Reza Mahmoud, Qeisari, Mehdi, Saeedi, Marjan, Karimi, Mona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.84750
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Sumario:The auricle is an extremely rare site for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Old World, which tends to be a benign disease with self-healing small nodules such as the “oriental sore”. However, in the New World, there is a type of CL of the ear, named as “chiclero's ulcer” which is caused by Leishmania mexicana. Herein, we describe a case of massive auricular enlargement due to Old World CL.

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