title: Extensor tendon rupture due to cutaneous leichmaniasis: a case report.
abstract: Acute cutaneous leishmaniasis is a parasitic infectious disease prevalent in tropical areas. Most doctors in non-endemic countries are not familiar with this disease. Spontaneous tendon ruptures occurring by different mechanisms have been described in the literature but a tendon rupture caused by a skin ulcer secondary to a parasitic infection has not been reported before. In this article clinical and diagnostic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis are reviewed and a case with spontaneous extensor tendon rupture due to cutaneous leishmaniasis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, Turkey. nevraseyhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nevra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Seyhan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: Zekeriya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.forename: Nedim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savaci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery