Leishmaniasis is still an endemic infectious disease in many areas of the world. The two most typical clinical forms of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis are the papulo-nodular plaque type and the ulcerative type. Periocular involvement is present in only 2-5% of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis, mainly in papular and nodulo-ulcerative forms. A case of periocular plaque-type localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 38-year-old Tunisian man successfully treated with intralesional deoxycholate amphotericin B is reported. This treatment, sporadically reported in other infectious skin diseases (chromoblastomycosis, chromomycosis, alternariosis, Candida granuloma, lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis), have never been suggested for localized cutaneous leishmaniasis.

A case of periocular plaque-type cutaneous leishmaniasis successfully treated with intralesional amphotericin B

STINGENI, LUCA
Conceptualization
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BIANCHI, LEONARDO
Investigation
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LISI, Paolo
2014

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is still an endemic infectious disease in many areas of the world. The two most typical clinical forms of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis are the papulo-nodular plaque type and the ulcerative type. Periocular involvement is present in only 2-5% of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis, mainly in papular and nodulo-ulcerative forms. A case of periocular plaque-type localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 38-year-old Tunisian man successfully treated with intralesional deoxycholate amphotericin B is reported. This treatment, sporadically reported in other infectious skin diseases (chromoblastomycosis, chromomycosis, alternariosis, Candida granuloma, lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis), have never been suggested for localized cutaneous leishmaniasis.
2014
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