Ulcerative penile leishmaniasis in a child.
Penile ulcers may be caused by several different agents. Rarely, cutaneous leishmaniasis may also be accompanied by penile ulcers. We report a five-year-old boy with who had an ulcer on the glans penis. Smears from the ulcer demonstrated amastigotes, biopsy showed histopathological features of leishmaniasis and Leishmania was grown in culture. Treatment with meglumine antimoniate injections led to improvement.
Department of Dermatology, Harran University School of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
Yavuz
Y
Yesilova
Enver
E
Turan
Hacer Altun
HA
Sürücü
Sezen
S
Kocarslan
Osman
O
Tanrikulu
Naime
N
Eroglu
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology