Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine

Leishmaniasis is a disease that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, which is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Clinical forms of leishmaniasis are particularly diverse representing a complex of diseases. We present a case of lingual Leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent man. The...

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Autores principales: Kassam, K., Davidson, R., Tadrous, P. J., Kumar, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/975131
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description Leishmaniasis is a disease that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, which is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Clinical forms of leishmaniasis are particularly diverse representing a complex of diseases. We present a case of lingual Leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent man. The lesions were caused by Leishmania donovani/infantum species. The patient responded excellently to miltefosine treatment, with no reactivation during followup. To the authors' knowledge, it is the first such case of successful miltefosine treatment in this unusual variant of leishmaniasis occurring on the tongue.
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spelling pubmed-38062212013-11-05 Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine Kassam, K. Davidson, R. Tadrous, P. J. Kumar, M. Case Rep Med Case Report Leishmaniasis is a disease that is caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania, which is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Clinical forms of leishmaniasis are particularly diverse representing a complex of diseases. We present a case of lingual Leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent man. The lesions were caused by Leishmania donovani/infantum species. The patient responded excellently to miltefosine treatment, with no reactivation during followup. To the authors' knowledge, it is the first such case of successful miltefosine treatment in this unusual variant of leishmaniasis occurring on the tongue. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3806221/ /pubmed/24194765 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/975131 Text en Copyright © 2013 K. Kassam et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title_full Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title_fullStr Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title_full_unstemmed Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title_short Lingual Leishmaniasis Presenting to Maxillofacial Surgery in UK with Successful Treatment with Miltefosine
title_sort lingual leishmaniasis presenting to maxillofacial surgery in uk with successful treatment with miltefosine
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3806221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24194765
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/975131
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