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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 37-40 |
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Leishmaniasis of the face: Report of a case
Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi1, Parvin Alami Harandi2, Taghi Azizi3
1 Trauma Research Center, Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University, Attending Faculty, Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Clinic of Dermatology, Baqiyatallah Medical Center, BMSU, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Pathology, Baqiyatallah Medical Center, BMSU, Tehran, IR, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi
Africa Expressway, Golestan St., Giti Blvd. No. 11 Tehran, 19667, IR
Iran
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Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease prevalent throughout the world. According to the geographic region in which different Leishmania species are found it can present variably. Because of the increase in both international travel and immigrant populations, the numbers of reported cases of leishmaniasis is on the increase. It is important that clinicians are able to recognize the cutaneous lesions and unusual presentations of leishmaniasis (CL). Our case was an incidental finding during treatment of a gunshot wound. The lesions were mistaken for facial pimples because they were numerous and the patient was a teenager. The patient was treated with sodium stibogluconate. |
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