title: Calcified bodies in New World cutaneous leishmaniasis.
abstract: We report a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented with 2 lesions that were compatible clinically with cutaneous leishmaniasis of the New World. A skin biopsy showed tuberculoid granulomas with rounded calcified bodies. The diagnosis was supported by a positive leishmanin test and a positive polymerase chain reaction. The patient responded to specific treatment for leishmaniasis. These calcified bodies, described under different names in the literature (Michaelis-Gutmann bodies, Schaumann bodies, psammoma bodies, or conchoidal bodies), have been reported in an experimental leishmaniasis and, only once before, in a case of human leishmaniasis of the Old World.
authors: Laboratorio Universitario de Dermatopatologia, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. pacmed22@yahoo.com
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Alvarez
authors: Cesar
authors: C
authors: Salinas
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Bravo
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents