Lupoid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Atypical and Defiant Presentation of the Disease
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Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis: a case report
BACKGROUND Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a rare form of CL having a striking resemblance to other granulomatous cutaneous conditions of infectious or inflammatory origin. The authors present a patient with a facial lupoid CL and discuss the diagnostic tools of this parasitological infection, the main differential diagnosis, and treatment. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old Tunisian woman, wit...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Dermatology and Skin Care
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2638-4914
DOI: 10.22259/2638-4914.0301002