Cutaneous leishmaniasis with atypical clinical manifestations: Case report

Herintha Coeto Neitzke-Abreu; Mateus Sabaini Venazzi; Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro; Paulo Donizeti Zanzarini; Andréa Claudia Bekner da Silva Fernandes; Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides; Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira; Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2014.07.003

Cutaneous leishmaniasis with atypical clinical manifestations: Case report

IDCases. 2014 Jul 27;1(3):60-2. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.07.003. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Herintha Coeto Neitzke-Abreu¹, Mateus Sabaini Venazzi², Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro³, Paulo Donizeti Zanzarini³, Andréa Claudia Bekner da Silva Fernandes³, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides⁴, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira⁴, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni⁴

Affiliations

¹ Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.
² Department of Medicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.
³ Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.
⁴ Health Sciences Postgraduate Program, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil; Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil.

Abstract

This case report alerts to the existence of atypical forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). A woman with nodular cutaneous lesions over a neck with papules and pustules located deep in the hypodermis that formed plaques with subcutaneous induration and satellite papules was confirmed to have CL. After confirmation, the patient was treated with remission of the lesions, scarring and thickening of the skin.

Keywords: Case report; Clinical diversity; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Unusual clinical forms.

Publication types

Case Reports