title: [Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Histologic classification and anatomoclinical correlations. Apropos of 102 cases].
abstract: Two hundred and three skin and mucosal biopsies performed in 162 patients suffering from leishmaniasis, were studied retrospectively. They were classified according to Ridley into 5 histological groups of increasing severity. In cutaneous leishmaniasis, a high proportion of the biopsies belonged to groups III and IV. In mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, the percentage of groups III and VI was lower and group V was present in 20% of cases. In 16 patients, followed by repeated biopsies, we detected some variations of the histological group during the course of the disease. However, there were no positive correlations between clinicopathological features and prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Generale Base Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Pérou.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Huaman
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Castillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000473:pathology*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Leishmaniose cutanéomuqueuse. Classification histologique et corrélations anatomocliniques. A propos de cent-deux cas.