Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Two patients with mini-volcano type of skin lesions which showed histopathologic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have been described. It was localised and linear in one case while widespread in the other. Both responded to sodium stibogluconate. The importance of recognising new emerging fo...

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Autores principales: Sindhu, P S, Ramesh, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22470213
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.92682
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description Two patients with mini-volcano type of skin lesions which showed histopathologic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have been described. It was localised and linear in one case while widespread in the other. Both responded to sodium stibogluconate. The importance of recognising new emerging foci of CL is emphasised.
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spelling pubmed-33126612012-04-02 Unusual Presentation of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Sindhu, P S Ramesh, V Indian J Dermatol Case Report Two patients with mini-volcano type of skin lesions which showed histopathologic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) have been described. It was localised and linear in one case while widespread in the other. Both responded to sodium stibogluconate. The importance of recognising new emerging foci of CL is emphasised. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3312661/ /pubmed/22470213 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.92682 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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