A Case of Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in India.
10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.245
- Author:
Kalpalata TRIPATHY
1
;
Aparijita MISRA
;
Rabinarayn MALLIK
;
Debiprasad MISRA
;
Niranjan ROUT
;
Jayshree RATH
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. kalpalata_tripathy@yahoo.co.in
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Leishmania;
kala-azar;
leishmaniasis;
Leishmania amastigote
- MeSH:
Antimony Sodium Gluconate/therapeutic use;
Antiprotozoal Agents/therapeutic use;
Humans;
India;
Leishmania/isolation & purification;
Leishmaniasis, Visceral/diagnosis/drug therapy/*parasitology/pathology;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Skin/*parasitology/pathology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2010;48(3):245-246
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare disease. This is a solitary case report from Orissa, India. We describe a case of PKDL in a 55-year-old male who presented with multiple nodular lesions over face, trunk, and extremities. The patient had been to an endemic area of kala-azar and had a previous history of leishmaniasis. Fine needle aspiration cytology samples from skin nodules revealed Leishmania amastigotes.
