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Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Korea A Case Report with Electron Microscopic Studies
Author(s) -
Park YoonKee,
Lee Sungnack,
Won Cheon Hye,
Sook Kim Chung,
Seo Young Hoon
Publication year - 1982
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1982.tb03142.x
Subject(s) - golgi apparatus , flagellum , dermis , electron microscope , histiocyte , leishmaniasis , medicine , pathology , leishmania , lesion , kinetoplast , cutaneous leishmaniasis , biology , endoplasmic reticulum , parasite hosting , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , physics , world wide web , computer science , optics , gene , dna , genetics
Cutaneous leishmaniasis developed in a 41‐year‐old Korean man who returned from the Middle East. Light microscopy showed the lesion consisted of a heavy, chronic ill‐defined granulomatous inflammation involving the entire thickness of the dermis. Numerous Leishman bodies were seen extracellulary and histiocytes also contained many Leishman bodies. Electronmicroscope studies revealed organisms with a relatively thick pellicle, a complete intracellular flagellum, a distinct kinetoplast, Golgi apparatus, many free ribosomes, and partial degenerative changes.