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. 2017 Jul-Aug;62(4):431-433.
doi: 10.4103/ijd.IJD_533_16.

Leishmanial Abscess

Sandeep Arora  1 , Satish Mendonca  2 , Ajay Malik  3 , V Ramesh  4 , Renu Khandpal  1
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Leishmanial Abscess

Sandeep Arora et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2017 Jul-Aug.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Leishmania abscesses pretreatment (top row), after 6 days treatment (bottom row)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Skin biopsy showing granulomatous infiltration with multiple Leishmania donovani bodies (H and E, ×10) (left), renal biopsy showing acute tubular necrosis in form of tubular dilatation, presence of intraluminal casts with necrosis of epithelial cells, tubular basement membrane destruction, and preserved glomerular, interstitial, and vascular components (H and E, ×10) (right) with H and E, ×40 as inset
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