Lupoid leishmaniasis among the known cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Herat Province, western Afghanistan
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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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Introduction / objectives Lupoid leishmaniasis (LCL) is a rare, face disfiguring, treatment resistant complication which has responded to the expensive photodynamic therapy in 5 patients in Iran [ F. Ghaffarifar et al. La Rev. de la Méditerranée orientale Vol. 12 No. 6, 2006]. Here we report 5 cases,photodocumented as best as we could under the actually disastrous conditions of Afghan Health Ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Infection and Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1876-0341
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.12.008