Verrucous mucocutaneous leishmanianis: an unfrequent variant disease
Keywords:
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, leishmaniaAbstract
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that is produced by a flagellate protozoa of the genus Leishmania and is transmitted to the human through the bite of a female Lutzomia sandfly. The clinical features are varying and they are related with the infectious specie of Leishmania, the environment and the immune response of the host.
We presented the case of a patient with mucocutaneous verrucous leishmaniasis, a few frequent variant disease , that is present more often in blackskin individuals with a chronic course that can create difficulty for the diagnosis and that require for this reason a high clinic suspicion.
Author Biographies
Paula Alexandra Mejía
Dermatológa. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
Rodrigo Restrepo
Patólogo, docente de dermatopatología. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Ana Milena Toro
Residente de segundo año de dermatología. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
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