Follicular mucinosis associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis.

Sir, Follicular mucinosis (FM) is a non-speci¢c histological reaction pattern characterized by mucinous degeneration of the outer sheath of follicles and sebaceous glands, accompanied by a variable in£ammatory cell in¢ltrate (1). The clinical expression is extremely variable. It may occur as a primary disorder or associated with benign or malignant diseases (2 ^ 4). We describe a patient who developed FM in the same area where a cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) treated with intralesional meglumine antimoniate was present.