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Rare variants of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Whitlow, paronychia, and sporotrichoid
Author(s) -
Iftikhar Nadia,
Bari Irfan,
Ejaz Amer
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.02015.x
Subject(s) - sodium stibogluconate , medicine , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , dermatology , paronychia , leishmania major , leishmania , pathology , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis is endemic in certain areas of Pakistan, with the wet form of the disease being the most prevalent. It has a number of morphological variants, which are dependant on the immune status of the host, the subspecies of the Leishmania, and also, to some extent, on the site of involvement. We describe here a case of Leishmaniasis showing two very rare variants, whitlow and paronychial lesions, occurring concurrently with sporotrichoid spread. The patient responded to intramuscular sodium stibogluconate with resolution of the skin lesions.