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Cheilitis: An unusual presentation of Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message The Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis (MCL) involving lip is extremely uncommon. A clinical diagnosis of Leishmaniasis of the lips is often challenging to the treating clinician and may result in delayed diagnosis as this case illustrates.
Vathulan Sujanitha, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Srisaravanapavananthan Felicia, Navaneethakrishnan Suganthan   +3 more
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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: case report and literature review of a rare endonasal infection [PDF]

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
Leishmaniasis is a protozoal infection transmitted by a sandfly vector. In Germany leishmaniasis of the mucous membranes is a rare condition and usually due to extension of local skin disease into the mucosal tissue via direct extension, bloodstream or ...
Abrar Adnan Suqati, Annett Pudszuhn, Veit Maria Hofmann   +2 more
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Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Associated With Immune Reconstitution in an HIV Patient-A Case Report. [PDF]

Parasite Immunol
ABSTRACT HIV‐associated Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) may significantly alter the immunopathological presentation of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL), occasionally causing paradoxical clinical exacerbations. We report the long‐term follow‐up of a 39‐year‐old female coinfected with HIV and disseminated mucocutaneous ...
Xavier MB, Gomes CMC, Sousa RCM, Ishikawa EAY, Brito EB, Müller SFR, Fontes LDS, Brito JAGSM, Alcantara LDS, Corbett CEP.   +9 more
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Espundia: a tropical infectious disease making its way to Europe. A case report of nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Netherlands [PDF]

Rhinology Online, 2020
Background: We present a case history of a patient with nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, also known as Espundia. Knowledge of this tropical infectious disease is usually limited among otorhinolaryngologists, but is of importance because patients may ...
A.A. Schenck, A.C. Westgeest, E.J.C. Teunissen, E.F. Schippers, J.P. Koopman   +4 more
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A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2002
Leishmaniasis is prevalent in most warm-climate areas of the world. We describe a long-undiagnosed case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Italy that might have been contracted in Costa Rica. The patient's signs and symptoms included granulomatous-like lesions on the forehead and legs, nasal obstruction accompanied by serous and crusted rhinorrhea, and ...
Gina R. Virgilio, Braden R. Hale
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Infection Without Borders. [PDF]

J Paediatr Child Health
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 4, Page 650-651, April 2026.
Lu JT, Cheung K, Sebaratnam DF.
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Thymus and Leishmania at the Crossroads: Autoimmunity and Cancer. [PDF]

Immunology
Conceptual ‘Crossroads Model’ linking Leishmania, thymic infection and immune dysregulation: an integrative model is proposed in which Leishmania infection disrupts thymic architecture and stromal–thymocyte interactions. These alterations converge to promote defective tolerance, increased autoimmune risk and a microenvironment permissive to malignant ...
Barros ABB, Leite GA, de Andrade AG, Reis MDDS, Cavalcante-Silva LHA, Lins MP.   +5 more
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Nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) with necrotizing granulomatous inflammation inducing cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma in a male Yemeni patient

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2023
Leishmaniasis is a protozoal infection transmitted by sandfly vector; there are three main types of leishmaniasis: cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL), and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Hamdi Ibrahim, Khairy Abd El Hamid, Tarek Abd El Aziz, Ahmed Samir El bahwashy, Hamed Khattab, Basma Aaref, Essam Elsayed   +6 more
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Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis [PDF]

Dermatologic Therapy, 2009
Leishmaniasis is a cluster of diseases caused by protozoa in the genus Leishmania. There are three basic clinical forms: cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis. The present review focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
Consuelo V, David, Noah, Craft
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Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis

Our Dermatology Online, 2022
Leishmaniasis is a parasitosis caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania (L.) transmitted by the bite of the sandfly Phlebotomus [1]. In Morocco, there exist three species: L. infantum, L. major, and L. tropica, most often responsible for the cutaneous and visceral forms.
Layla Bendaoud, O. Hocar, S. Amal
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