title: [Leishmaniasis of the genital organs].
abstract: Five cases of leishmaniasis in genital organs are exposed. The patients are males, farmers, with less than 30 years old (except one), residents of high leishmaniasis incidence zones. The majority of lesions were in penis, and of scabies ulcer type, destructive, painless and of slow evolution. In this cases generally, the clinic diagnosis was difficult to corroborate by the habitual laboratory methods and we insist that the principal differential diagnosis are the neoplastic process of the zone. The suspicion high index is important even to proceed to the therapeutic test and solve this kind of problems.
authors.affiliation: Departameto de Dermatología Sanitaria, Ministerio de Salud Costa Rica.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castro Coto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hidalgo Hidalgo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Solano Aguilar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Coto Chacón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D010412:Penile Neoplasms / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate
vernacular_title: Leishmaniasis en órganos genitales.