Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation

"nThis case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of Dezfool, Khuzestan Province, south of Iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in June 2008. Her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. Because of sever­it...

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Main Authors: N Bagherani, S Maraghi, R Yaghoobi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-05-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/13576.pdf&manuscript_id=13576
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spelling doaj-03d91f2d76774cd59ff5d36fc5be3a192021-03-02T03:37:26ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Parasitology1735-70202008-238X2009-05-01426769Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual PresentationN BagheraniS MaraghiR Yaghoobi"nThis case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of Dezfool, Khuzestan Province, south of Iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in June 2008. Her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. Because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. After 6 months follow-up, no recurrence was seen. http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/13576.pdf&manuscript_id=13576 LeishmaniasisUnusualGiantIran
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author N Bagherani
S Maraghi
R Yaghoobi
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S Maraghi
R Yaghoobi
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Leishmaniasis
Unusual
Giant
Iran
author_facet N Bagherani
S Maraghi
R Yaghoobi
author_sort N Bagherani
title Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
title_short Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
title_full Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
title_fullStr Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with Unusual Presentation
title_sort cutaneous leishmaniasis with unusual presentation
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Iranian Journal of Parasitology
issn 1735-7020
2008-238X
publishDate 2009-05-01
description "nThis case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of Dezfool, Khuzestan Province, south of Iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in June 2008. Her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. Because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. After 6 months follow-up, no recurrence was seen.
topic Leishmaniasis
Unusual
Giant
Iran
url http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/13576.pdf&manuscript_id=13576
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