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Mario Maniscalco

Diagnosis

leishmaniasis

Body Site

ankle foot

Age

58

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

purple

Morphology

nodule

Pattern

solitary acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 58-year-old man had a slowly progressive painless violaceous nodule with a central erosion for 3 months. A skin biopsy showed the typical changes of leishmaniasis.

Description

2 cm violaceous nodule with central erosiona and crust and spreading red papules

Categories

tropical medicine infections and infestations

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6/21/2010 23:02:12

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