title: Ulcerative post-kala azar mucosal leishmaniasis masquerading as a carcinoma--a case report.
abstract: Post kala-azar mucosal leishmaniasis (PKML) is relatively rare in the Indian subcontinent. We describe an ulcerative variant of PKML with nasal involvement in a Nepalese adult male. He had ulcerated plaque over the upper lip with extensive involvement of nasal columella and septum. He came from endemic area for kala-azar and had a previous history of kala-azar. There were plenty of LD bodies in microsections and FNA of submandibular lymph node.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, B. P. Koriala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Toran
authors.forename: Shatrughan Prasad
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.forename: Sudha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014456:Ulcer / Q000473:pathology