Costa Joseph W, Milner Danny A, Maguire James H
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Division of Oral Medicine, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2003 Nov;96(5):573-7. doi: 10.1016/s1079-2104(03)00299-3.
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) is endemic to many areas of Central and South America. A case of MCL in a US citizen is reported here. An ulcer appeared on the patient's left hard palate, years after a working trip to Peru. Punch biopsies of the lesion were obtained, Leishmania promastigotes were isolated by culture and animal inoculation, and the patient was appropriately treated. As this case demonstrates, a patient's travel history is a key element in making a differential diagnosis of oral lesions.
黏膜皮肤利什曼病（MCL）在中美洲和南美洲的许多地区流行。本文报告了一名美国公民患MCL的病例。该患者在前往秘鲁出差数年之后，左侧硬腭出现溃疡。对病变部位进行了打孔活检，通过培养和动物接种分离出利什曼原鞭毛虫，并对患者进行了适当治疗。正如该病例所示，患者的旅行史是口腔病变鉴别诊断的关键因素。
