Lupoid cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Report of Three Cases from Nonendemic Area

The typical clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis are nodules, ulcer, nodulo-ulcerative lesions and crusted plaques. Besides classical clinical picture, several unusual and atypical clinical presentations of the disease have also been reported. Herein, we report three cases of lupoid cut...

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Autores principales: Gupta, Lalit Kumar, Meena, Soniya, Khare, Ashok Kumar, Balai, Manisha, Mittal, Asit, Mehta, Sharad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979030
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_420_16
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Sumario:The typical clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis are nodules, ulcer, nodulo-ulcerative lesions and crusted plaques. Besides classical clinical picture, several unusual and atypical clinical presentations of the disease have also been reported. Herein, we report three cases of lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis to highlight the extended clinical spectrum of CL. Tissue smears were positive for Leishman-Donovan (LD) bodies. All patients were treated by azole antifungals with favorable response.

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