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Basal Cell Carcinoma Superimposed on a Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Lesion in an Immunocompromised Patient



Asilian A1 ; Momeni I1 ; Khosravani P1
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Source: Journal of Research in Medical Sciences Published:2012

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a protozoan infection due to organisms of the genus Leishmania. The differential diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis includes arthropod bites, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and other malignancies. BCC is the most common form of skin cancer. We present a case of cutaneous leishmaniasis resistant to standard intralesional glucantime injection in an immunocompromised patient, which was proved to be BCC after surgical excision.
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