Recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis Leishmaniose recidiva cútis

• Main Authors: Ciro Martins Gomes (Author), Fabiana dos Santos Damasco (Author), Orlando Oliveira de Morais (Author), Carmen Déa Ribeiro de Paula (Author), Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We present a case of an 18-year-old male patient who, after two years of inappropriate treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis, began to show nodules arising at the edges of the former healing scar. He was immune competent and denied any trauma. The diagnosis of recurrent cutaneous leishmaniasis was m...