Localised Leishmaniasis of Oral Mucosa: Report of an Unusual Clinicopathological Entity

• Main Authors: Deepak Passi (Author), Sarang Sharma (Author), Shubharanjan Dutta (Author), Chandan Gupta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The term leishmaniasis comprises of a group of diseases caused by different species of a protozoan called Leishmania. There are three main clinical forms of leishmaniasis: visceral leishmaniasis, cutaneous leishmaniasis, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Exclusive involvement of the mucosa is very ra...