A case of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in India.
Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a rare disease. This is a solitary case report from Orissa, India. We describe a case of PKDL in a 55-year-old male who presented with multiple nodular lesions over face, trunk, and extremities. The patient had been to an endemic area of kala-azar and had a previous history of leishmaniasis. Fine needle aspiration cytology samples from skin nodules revealed Leishmania amastigotes.
Tripathy
Kalpalata
K
Department of Pathology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. kalpalata_tripathy@yahoo.co.in
Misra
Aparijita
A
Mallik
Rabinarayn
R
Misra
Debiprasad
D
Rout
Niranjan
N
Rath
Jayshree
J
D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D000967:Antimony Sodium Gluconate