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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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Fig. 1 : Pappulonodular lesions over the face Fig. 2: Pappulonodular lesions over the tongue and soft palate Fig. 3: Smear biopsy of the skin lesion showing multiple amastigotes of Leishmania tropica intracellularly A 27 year old Hindu male, resident of district Barmer, Rajasthan , presented with multiple, diffuse, brownish, non umbilicated, papulonodular, non itchy, swellings of size 2 22 mm a...
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Lupoid leishmaniasis is an unusual complication of acute cutaneous leishmaniasis which can represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The disease is actually a reactivation of an earlier acute cutaneous infection. It usually starts close to or in the scar of previous lesion and can cause severe destruction. Its diagnosis is complicated by the sparsity of the microorganisms in the d...
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Background: It appears that chronic lupoid leishmaniasis is the result of type 2 predominant T helper response to parasite and a defect in the down regulation of IL-4 production during infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the underlying immune status in these patients and their predominant T helper activity we considered serum IgE as an indicator of TH2 activity and IL-4...
متن کاملMucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: clinical markers in presumptive diagnosis.
UNLABELLED Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (ML) can lead to serious sequela; however, early diagnosis can prevent complications. AIM To evaluate clinical markers for the early diagnosis of ML. MATERIALS AND METHODS A series study of 21 cases of ML, which were evaluated through clinical interview, nasal endoscopy, biopsy and the Montenegro test. RESULTS A skin scar and previous diagnosis of cu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology Review
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0033-2526
DOI: 10.5114/dr.2018.78074