title: In vivo confocal microscopy features of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cutaneous leishmaniasis is widely distributed, Spain being a hypoendemic region. Noninvasive bedside detection of the histopathologic response to the intracellular organism that allows rapid diagnosis and prompt therapy could be the ideal tool to manage a commonly self-healing lesion. Confocal microscopy is a technique which allows in vivo examination of the skin at cellular resolution.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe the in vivo confocal microscopic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis, finding a correlation with dermoscopy and histopathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the capability of confocal microscopy to characterize the cutaneous infection by Leishmania organisms and to perform a noninvasive diagnosis.
authors: Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
authors: Ivette
authors: I
authors: Alarcon
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Carrera
authors: Susana
authors: S
authors: Puig
authors: Josep
authors: J
authors: Malvehy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007891:Leishmania / Q000469:parasitology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013030:Spain