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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan-Feb;93(1):156-158.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186713.

Urban American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Francisca Regina Oliveira Carneiro  1 , Gabriela Athayde Amin  1 , Lorena de Britto Pereira Cruz  1 , Belkis Azevedo Daher  1
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Case Reports

Urban American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Francisca Regina Oliveira Carneiro et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2018 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest: None.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A: Erythematous-infiltrated plaque with scaling and central serohematic crust, measuring approximately 3.0 x 1.5cm on the dorsum of the right foot B: Erythematous-infiltrated plaque of approximately 1.5 cm in the right elbow
Figure 2
Figure 2
Map of part of the city of Belém, Pará. A: Val-de-Cans neighborhood; B: Parque Verde neighborhood.
Figure 3
Figure 3
A: Hyperplastic epidermis with orthokeratosis, hypergranulosis, irregular acanthosis, and spongiosis on the dermis with moderate inflammatory infiltrate formed by lymphocytes, histiocytes, rare plasmocytes, and eosinophils (Hematoxylin & eosin, X4) B: Leishmania inside macrophages (Hematoxylin & eosin, X40)
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