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Liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis
Author(s) -
Özcan Deren,
Seçkin Deniz,
Allahverdiyev Adil M.,
Weina Peter J.,
Aydin Hakan,
Özçay Figen,
Haberal Mehmet
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00660.x
Subject(s) - medicine , visceral leishmaniasis , concomitant , leishmaniasis , dermatology , immunosuppression , cutaneous leishmaniasis , lesion , negativity effect , disease , pathology , immunology , surgery , psychology , social psychology
Diagnosis of leishmaniasis in immunosuppressed patients may be a serious challenge for physicians because of the major clinical and laboratory differences with immunocompetent patients. In immunosuppressed patients, the disease is characterized usually by disseminated visceral involvement, atypical cutaneous lesions and persistent negativity of diagnostic tests. Here, we report an eight‐yr‐old liver transplant recipient with concomitant cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in whom the cutaneous lesion led to the diagnosis of systemic involvement.