Tegumentary leishmaniasis mimicking visceralization in a cirrhotic patient: atypical cutaneous lesions and local immunological features
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Data de publicação
2020
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SOC BRASILEIRA MEDICINA TROPICAL
Citação
REVISTA DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE MEDICINA TROPICAL, v.53, article ID e20190380, 4p, 2020
Resumo
Tegumentary leislunaniasis (TL) diagnosis is challenging due to the lack of a gold standard diagnostic tool. The diagnosis is significantly harder in regions where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is also prevalent since immunological tests may present cross-reactivity. A cirrhotic patient from an endemic Brazilian region for TL and VL presented with atypical cutaneous lesions, a usual clinico-laboratory feature of VL (including a positive rk39 test result), but he was diagnosed with TL histopathologically; VL was ruled out by necropsy. Physicians working in co-prevalent areas should be aware of atypical features, unusual clinical course, and unexpected laboratory findings of leishmaniasis.
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Visceral Leishmaniasis
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