Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Unusual Presentations of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, Kerman Province, Iran

Document Type : Case Report

Authors

Simin Shamsi Meymandi 1
Maryam Khalili 2
mahin aflatonian 2
Rahim Ahmadi 3
Alireza Zeynadini Meymand 3

1 Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Stem Cell Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

3 Resident of Dermatology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

Abstract
Leishmaniasis is a infectious disease with broad spectrum of clinical features from typical noduloulcerative lesion to atypical lesions. In this article, we presented 4 cases with atypical presentation of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions (including eczematous, sporotrichoid and lichenoid) in an endemic area in Iran, Kerman. The first case was a 28- year- old man presented with a pruritic purplish -red plaque with lichenoid appearance around proximal nail fold of right third finger since a few months ago. The second case was a young woman with an indurated yellowish-brown plaque with peripheral depigmentation firstly diagnosed as keloid with subsequent intralesional triamcinolone injection. The third case was a middle-aged woman with multiple ulcerated reddish-brown nodules and plaques in a linear array on both legs and one forearm (sporotrichoid pattern). The forth case was a man with a painful indurated reddish-brown plaque with yellowish crust and swelling resembling infected contact dermatitis.

Keywords

Leishmaniasis
Sporotrichoid
Lichenoid
Eczematous
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Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 6
November and December 2017
Pages 527-531

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