[Laryngeal leishmaniasis in a patient from the Jura. Unusual cause of epitheloid and giant cell granulomatosis].
A case of laryngeal leishmaniasis in a patient living in eastern France is reported. Mucosal leishmaniasis appears to be frequent in the New World but rare in the Old World, where only 9 cases have been published, including 3 from France. In this particular patient, there probably was some relationship between the laryngeal lesion and an unexplained malaria-like fever contracted in Algeria 19 years before. This case provides evidence that leishmaniasis is one single nosological entity throughout the world, its different clinical forms (cutaneous, mucosal, visceral) merely reflecting the adaptation of the parasite to its environment.
D005602:France; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006102:Granuloma, Laryngeal / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Leishmaniose laryngée chez un Jurassien. Cause insolite de granulomatose épithélioïde et giganto-cellulaire.