title: Isolated laryngeal leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent patient: successful treatment with surgery.
abstract: The localization of Leishmania spp. in the larynx is rare but it has recently been described in patients infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The normal treatment given is antimonials. We describe a case of isolated leishmaniasis in the larynx which was cured by surgery. Our patient was a 47-year-old man who had suffered visceral leishmaniasis in his childhood with no immunosuppression.
authors.affiliation: ORL Service, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navarro Cunchillos
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Villanueva Marcos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torre-Cisneros
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ostos Aumente
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: López-Rubio
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: López Villarejo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007830:Larynx / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged