title: [Unsuspected visceral leishmaniasis infiltrating a squamous cell carcinoma].
abstract: Amastigotes of the genus Leishmania have been observed in biopsies of apparently unrelated lesions in patients with AIDS and visceral leishmaniasis. We describe the case of a 40-year-old man with human immunodeficiency virus infection and severe immunodepression in whom the presence of the parasite was detected as an incidental finding on histological study of a perianal squamous cell carcinoma. This finding led to the diagnosis and subsequent treatment of previously unsuspected visceral leishmaniasis. In a review of the literature we have found no previous examples of this association.
authors: Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, España. miquelarmengot@gmail.com
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Armengot-Carbó
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Carmena-Ramón
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Rodrigo-Nicolás
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ferrando-Marco
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology*