[Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis].

Two cases of kala azar and 5 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were found in bioptic files from previous 50 years in Hlava Institute of Pathology in Prague, 4 of them were cumulated in 1994 and 1995. All cases followed short stays in Mediterranean or Caribbean area. The latest kala azar was identified from bone marrow trephine biopsy and subsequently, leishmanias were also found in an inapparent hepatopathy. In cutaneous cases, a fibrinoid vasculitis was observed in addition to accumulation of leishmanias laden macrophages and tuberculoid granulomas.