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. 2021 Mar 8:54:e0758-2020.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0758-2020. eCollection 2021.

Association between periorbital cutaneous leishmaniasis and basosquamous carcinoma

Danielle Santos Grisolia  1 , Ricardo Vieira Teles-Filho  2 , Adriana Oliveira Guilarde  3
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Association between periorbital cutaneous leishmaniasis and basosquamous carcinoma

Danielle Santos Grisolia et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Ulcerated lesion with necrosis and bone exposure.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Destruction of the left orbit and left zygomatic bone. Left maxillary sinus filling (skull computed tomography).
FIGURE 3:
FIGURE 3:. Image of skin sample showing basaloid cells with scarce cytoplasm and hyperchromatic, irregular nuclei (blue circles); mitotic figure (blue arrow); lympho-histio-plasmocitary inflammatory infiltrate (red circle); vacuoles with ovoid corpuscles within histiocytes (red arrows) (haematoxylin & eosin staining; 400x magnification).
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