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Dermatoscopic signs in cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dermoscopy is a non-invasive technique widely used to aid in the characterization and diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. Recently, it has also been employed for the evaluation of non-pigmented skin tumours, and inflammatory and infectious cutaneous diseases. Although the diagnosis of cutaneous lei...

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Autores principales: Bustamante, María Librada Porriño, López, Josefa Sánchez, Campos, Carmen Dulanto, Sintes, Ramón Naranjo, Pugnaire, María Antonia Fernández
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Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174441
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author Bustamante, María Librada Porriño
López, Josefa Sánchez
Campos, Carmen Dulanto
Sintes, Ramón Naranjo
Pugnaire, María Antonia Fernández
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description Dermoscopy is a non-invasive technique widely used to aid in the characterization and diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. Recently, it has also been employed for the evaluation of non-pigmented skin tumours, and inflammatory and infectious cutaneous diseases. Although the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis is confirmed by the demonstration of amastigotes in infected skin or by the growth of promastigotes in culture medium, dermoscopy could be useful as a further diagnostic test. We report a patient with a nodular lesion located on the right cheek for almost two years. The lesion was clinically suggestive of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Dermoscopy showed yellow tears, erythema and vascular structures. The diagnosis was confirmed by the demonstration of amastigotes in a skin scraping sample.
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spelling pubmed-57864032018-02-01 Dermatoscopic signs in cutaneous leishmaniasis Bustamante, María Librada Porriño López, Josefa Sánchez Campos, Carmen Dulanto Sintes, Ramón Naranjo Pugnaire, María Antonia Fernández An Bras Dermatol Case Report Dermoscopy is a non-invasive technique widely used to aid in the characterization and diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions. Recently, it has also been employed for the evaluation of non-pigmented skin tumours, and inflammatory and infectious cutaneous diseases. Although the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis is confirmed by the demonstration of amastigotes in infected skin or by the growth of promastigotes in culture medium, dermoscopy could be useful as a further diagnostic test. We report a patient with a nodular lesion located on the right cheek for almost two years. The lesion was clinically suggestive of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Dermoscopy showed yellow tears, erythema and vascular structures. The diagnosis was confirmed by the demonstration of amastigotes in a skin scraping sample. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5786403/ /pubmed/29364445 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174441 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivative License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited and the work is not changed in any way.
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title_short Dermatoscopic signs in cutaneous leishmaniasis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5786403/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20174441
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