González Myriam, Benito Fernando, García Laura, Iglesias Alicia
Servicio de ORL y PCF, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, España.
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2009 Jul-Aug;60(4):298-300. doi: 10.1016/j.otorri.2009.01.006. Epub 2009 Jun 24.
We report a case of mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, an uncommon illness in our area. Leishmaniasis covers a group of diseases caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania with several pathogenic species transmitted by Phlebotomus mosquitoes. Leishmania braziliensis is endemic in parts of South America and is responsible for the mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis reported here. The initial lesion is cutaneous and appears as an ulcer on arms or legs, leaving a scar. In some untreated cases, a late phase may affect the ENT area with hard to treat chronic destructive and mutilating lesions.
我们报告一例皮肤黏膜利什曼病，这在我们地区是一种罕见疾病。利什曼病涵盖一组由利什曼原虫属原生动物引起的疾病，有几种致病物种通过白蛉传播。巴西利什曼原虫在南美洲部分地区为地方病，是此处报告的皮肤黏膜利什曼病的病因。最初的病变是皮肤性的，表现为手臂或腿部的溃疡，愈后留疤。在一些未经治疗的病例中，后期可能会影响耳鼻喉区域，出现难以治疗的慢性破坏性和致残性病变。
