title: Rare variants of cutaneous leishmaniasis presenting as eczematous lesions.
abstract: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis may present with clinical presentation such as zosteriform, sporotrichoid and erysipeloid. The eczema variant has rarely been reported. We report a 27- year- old patient with atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis resembling eczema on the hand of a man in Yazd province in the central of Iran.
authors.affiliation: 1. Professor, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. jamshidayatollahi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jamshid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ayatollahi
authors.affiliation: 2. Associate Professor, Department of Medical Parasitology & Mycology & Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. afbafghi@ssu.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fattahi Bafghi
authors.affiliation: 1. Professor, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. jamshidayatollahi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Seyed Hossein
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shahcheraghi
keywords: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Eczema; Iran