Auricular enlargement: An atypical presentation of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis | Zendy

Reza M. Robati | Zendy; Mehdi Qeisari | Zendy; Marjan Saeedi | Zendy; Mona Karimi | Zendy

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Auricular enlargement: An atypical presentation of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis

Author(s) -

Reza M. Robati,

Mehdi Qeisari,

Marjan Saeedi,

Mona Karimi

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

indian journal of dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395

H-Index - 36

eISSN - 1998-3611

pISSN - 0019-5154

DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.84750

Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , auricle , old world , dermatology , leishmaniasis , cutaneous leishmaniasis , pathology , anatomy , surgery , zoology , biology

The auricle is an extremely rare site for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Old World, which tends to be a benign disease with self-healing small nodules such as the "oriental sore". However, in the New World, there is a type of CL of the ear, named as "chiclero's ulcer" which is caused by Leishmania mexicana. Herein, we describe a case of massive auricular enlargement due to Old World CL.

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