Rhinophymous leishmaniasis: A new variant.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is known for its wide clinical spectrum. The nose is one of the usual sites where the disease can present in many forms, such as psoriasiform plaques, furunculoid nodules, lupoid plaques, and erysipeloid or mucocutaneous types. We present a new morphology, i.e. rhinophyma-like plaque in an elderly male patient who presented with a large infiltrated plaque involving his nose and the adjoining area of his upper lip. It appeared to be rhinophyma of the nose but was diagnosed as cutaneous leishmaniasis after the demonstration of leishmania parasites in a skin smear preparation; he was treated satisfactorily with antimonials.
Ul Bari
Arfan
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Consultant Dermatologist, Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Ejaz
Amer
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D000368:Aged; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate