Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Overlooked Etiology of Midfacial Destructive Lesions.

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Elie Alam (Συγγραφέας), Ossama Abbas (Συγγραφέας), Roger Moukarbel (Συγγραφέας), Ibrahim Khalifeh (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Midline destructive lesions of the face (MDL) have a wide range of etiologies. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is rarely reported as a possible cause. METHODS:Fifteen patients with solitary nasal lesions caused by CL were studied. The clinical data, biopsies/scrapings and PCR were collected/...