Liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis.
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in immunosuppressed patients may be a serious challenge for physicians because of the major clinical and laboratory differences with immunocompetent patients. In immunosuppressed patients, the disease is characterized usually by disseminated visceral involvement, atypical cutaneous lesions and persistent negativity of diagnostic tests. Here, we report an eight-yr-old liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in whom the cutaneous lesion led to the diagnosis of systemic involvement.
Ozcan
Deren
D
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey. derenozcan@yahoo.com.tr
Seçkin
Deniz
D
Allahverdiyev
Adil M
AM
Weina
Peter J
PJ
Aydin
Hakan
H
Ozçay
Figen
F
Haberal
Mehmet
M
D001399:Azure Stains; D002648:Child; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004817:Epidermis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
D001399:Azure Stains; D004396:Coloring Agents