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Case Reports
. 2013 May 14;185(8):681-3.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.120694. Epub 2013 Mar 25.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in a returning traveller

Eric Demers  1 , David M Forrest, Gabriele E Weichert
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Case Reports

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in a returning traveller

Eric Demers et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
External manifestation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 42-year-old man. Photographs depict (A) initial presentation and thereafter at intervals of (B) 10 weeks, (C) 13 weeks, (D) 16 weeks, (E) 22 weeks and (F) 24 weeks.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Geimsa stain of a biopsy specimen of the ear ulcer. (A) Epidermal and dermal tissue showing impetiginized hyperkeratosis (original magnification × 100). (B) Multiple intracellular amastigotes (arrows) of Leishmania mexicana in parasitophorous vacuoles of histiocytes (original magnification × 1000).
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