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. 2017 Feb;46(2):261-264.

Eyelid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Case Report

Masoud Doroodgar  1 , Moein Doroodgar  1 , Abbas Doroodgar  2
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Eyelid Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Case Report

Masoud Doroodgar et al. Iran J Public Health. 2017 Feb.

Abstract

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common parasitic disease transmitted by vectors in Iran. CL is endemic in many urban and rural parts of Iran and usually caused by two species of Leishmania as L. major and L. tropica transmitted to humans from parasite reservoirs by the bite of female sandflies. We report a case of ocular leishmaniasis with eyelid involvement presentation. The patient was a 70-yr-old housewife woman referred to Health Care Center in city of Kashan, central Iran in 2012. The disease was diagnosed by direct smear, culture, and PCR from the lesion. PCR was positive for L. major. Her lesion was treated with systemic meglumine antimonate (Glucantime) (20 mg/kg/day) for 20 days.

Keywords: Eyelid cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania major; Ocular leishmaniasis.

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Fig. 1:
RAPD-PCR technique results in isolated strain and standards: 1- L. tropica (MHOM/IR/IR/99), 2- L. major (MHOM/IR/75/ER), 3- Marker (100 bp), 4-Unknown strain
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A 70-yr-old woman with lesion of left eyelid
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Direct Smear was positive for Leishman bodies (Giemsa stain)
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