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AMERICAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS, WARTY ATYPICAL PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSED WITH MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNIQUE
| Resumo: | American cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious, not contagious disease, caused by a protozoa from genus Leishmania and affects skin and mucosal tissue. The clinical symptoms is varied and it is related with the Leishmania species and the immune response of the host; Most common symptoms are single or multiples ulcerated lesions, however, we will present an atypical case of the disease. The patient presented mainly verrucous lesions in lower limbs, the polymerase chain reaction confirmed American cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis. After meglumine antimoniate treatment, the patient evolved with clinical improvement of the lesions, which supports the diagnosis. This case relevance is the need of knowledge of the disease atypical forms, in order to establish an early diagnosis and also an appropriate therapy. |
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| Autores principais: | Madeira de Araujo, Laryssa |
| Outros Autores: | Caetano Maia, Daniela Cristina; Agonio, Bárbara; Moreno Cerdan, Lizka; da Silva Galvão, Renata; Albuquerque Francesconi do Valle, Valeska; Francesconi do Valle, Fabio |
| Assunto: | Leishmania Leishmaniasis Cutaneous Polymerase Chain Reaction Leishmania Leishmaniose Cutânea Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase |
| Ano: | 2016 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Sociedade Portuguesa de Dermatologia e Venereologia |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Portuguese Journal of Dermatology |
| Resumo: | American cutaneous leishmaniasis is an infectious, not contagious disease, caused by a protozoa from genus Leishmania and affects skin and mucosal tissue. The clinical symptoms is varied and it is related with the Leishmania species and the immune response of the host; Most common symptoms are single or multiples ulcerated lesions, however, we will present an atypical case of the disease. The patient presented mainly verrucous lesions in lower limbs, the polymerase chain reaction confirmed American cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis. After meglumine antimoniate treatment, the patient evolved with clinical improvement of the lesions, which supports the diagnosis. This case relevance is the need of knowledge of the disease atypical forms, in order to establish an early diagnosis and also an appropriate therapy. |
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