Publication: Old World Mucosal Leishmaniasis Treated with a Single Dose of Amphotericin: A Case Report
Date
2024
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Institute of Medicine
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Mucosal leishmaniasis, an uncommon disease in the old world, is recognized as an occasional complication of donovani related visceral leishmaniasis. It usually affects the spleen, liver, skin, mucosa of the respiratory tract and, less commonly, the oral cavity. Our case was a young adult with non-healing lesions in the oropharyngeal region who was diagnosed as mucosal leishmaniasis during evaluation for suspected mucosal carcinoma. The diagnosis was made with the rK39 strip-test after multiple futile test results. A single dose of liposomal amphotericin B cured the disease.
Keywords: Leishmania donovani; leishmaniasis; mucosal
Description
Sabin Thapaliya1, Prasanta Poudyal2, Prashant Tripathi2, Milan Thapa1, Anjan Shrestha3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
2Department of ENT-HNS, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
3Department of Pathology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Leishmania donovani, leishmaniasis, mucosal