Auricular cutaneous leishmaniasis mimicking neoplastic disease
JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY, vol.126, no.8, pp.821-824, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 126 Issue: 8
- Publication Date: 2012
- Doi Number: 10.1017/s0022215112001120
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.821-824
- Keywords: External Ear, Skin, Protozoa, Diagnosis
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Objective: Leishmaniasis comprises a group of diseases transmitted by the bite of infected sand flies. There are three basic clinical forms of leishmaniasis: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral. Leishmaniasis may mimic neoplastic lesions and other infectious diseases because of similar disease localisation, physical characteristics and histopathological findings.