Atypical Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with “Muzzle Area” Swelling

A 50-year-old male presented with recurrent swelling of the muzzle area of the face with history of low-grade intermittent fever of 3 year duration managed variously with antibiotics, systemic steroids, and antituberculous therapy. Skin biopsy revealed a granulomatous infiltration negative for acid-...

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Autores principales: Arora, Sandeep, Bal, Arvinder Singh, Baveja, Sukriti, Sood, Aradhana, Rathi, Khushi Ram, Patil, Pradeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25657406
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.147809
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author Arora, Sandeep
Bal, Arvinder Singh
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description A 50-year-old male presented with recurrent swelling of the muzzle area of the face with history of low-grade intermittent fever of 3 year duration managed variously with antibiotics, systemic steroids, and antituberculous therapy. Skin biopsy revealed a granulomatous infiltration negative for acid-fast bacilli and leishmania donovan bodies. Immunochromatography test for rK 39 antigen and polymerase chain reaction for leishmania was positive. He was diagnosed as a case of post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis, managed with injection sodium stibogluconate and followed-up thereafter.
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spelling pubmed-43180722015-02-05 Atypical Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with “Muzzle Area” Swelling Arora, Sandeep Bal, Arvinder Singh Baveja, Sukriti Sood, Aradhana Rathi, Khushi Ram Patil, Pradeep Indian J Dermatol Case Report A 50-year-old male presented with recurrent swelling of the muzzle area of the face with history of low-grade intermittent fever of 3 year duration managed variously with antibiotics, systemic steroids, and antituberculous therapy. Skin biopsy revealed a granulomatous infiltration negative for acid-fast bacilli and leishmania donovan bodies. Immunochromatography test for rK 39 antigen and polymerase chain reaction for leishmania was positive. He was diagnosed as a case of post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis, managed with injection sodium stibogluconate and followed-up thereafter. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4318072/ /pubmed/25657406 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.147809 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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title_fullStr Atypical Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with “Muzzle Area” Swelling
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title_short Atypical Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis with “Muzzle Area” Swelling
title_sort atypical post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis with “muzzle area” swelling
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4318072/
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