| Literature DB >> 19836676 |
E Jeziorski1, C Blanchet, C Ludwig, M Lalande, V Coste, J Dereure, M Rodière.
Abstract
Visceral leishmaniasis is endemic around Mediterranean and is considered by certain authors as an opportunist disease. We report on the case of a 7-year-old girl treated by anti-TNF for an idiopathic juvenile arthritis which has presented a visceral leishmaniasis. Four years later, she presented a pseudotumoral-like recurrence located in a nasal mucous membrane. Leishmania infantum is classically responsible for visceral leishmaniasis but pure mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has been described. It is, for our knowledge, the first observation of a recurrence of visceral leishmaniasis in a mucocutaneous location. Atypical leishmaniasis in the endemic zones can appear in immunodepressed patients and must be evoked when in doubt.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19836676 DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(09)75316-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Pediatr ISSN: 0929-693X Impact factor: 1.180