Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare disease. This is a solitary case report from Iran. We describe a case of PKDL in a 15-year-old boy with castleman disease (CD) who presented with multiple nodular lesions over face, ear, and extremities. The patient had a previous history of visce...
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| author | parichehr kafaie farideh dehghani Nosrat Poursina Shokouh Taghipour Fariba Binesh |
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| description | Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare disease. This is a solitary case report from Iran. We describe a case of PKDL in a 15-year-old boy with castleman disease (CD) who presented with multiple nodular lesions over face, ear, and extremities. The patient had a previous history of visceral leishmaniasis. Biopsy from skin nodules revealed Leishmania amastigotes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3542a15ca722494ea989e2a9c88a8a772025-01-02T10:41:36ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patientparichehr kafaiefarideh dehghaniNosrat PoursinaShokouh TaghipourFariba BineshPost kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare disease. This is a solitary case report from Iran. We describe a case of PKDL in a 15-year-old boy with castleman disease (CD) who presented with multiple nodular lesions over face, ear, and extremities. The patient had a previous history of visceral leishmaniasis. Biopsy from skin nodules revealed Leishmania amastigotes.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1923visceral leishmaniasiscastleman disease |
| spellingShingle | parichehr kafaie farideh dehghani Nosrat Poursina Shokouh Taghipour Fariba Binesh Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases visceral leishmaniasis castleman disease |
| title | Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| title_full | Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| title_fullStr | Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| title_short | Post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| title_sort | post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis in a castleman disease patient |
| topic | visceral leishmaniasis castleman disease |
| url | https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1923 |
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