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Case Reports
. 2023 Oct 3:16:11795476231186913.
doi: 10.1177/11795476231186913. eCollection 2023.

Nasal Leishmaniasis Misdiagnosed With Intranasal Polyp in a Patient Candidate for Rhinoplasty

Zakaria Zakariaei  1   2 , Mahdi Fakhar  1 , Simin Bari  1 , Majid Derakhshani  1 , Elham Sadat Banimostafavi  1   3 , Mostafa Soleymani  1
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Nasal Leishmaniasis Misdiagnosed With Intranasal Polyp in a Patient Candidate for Rhinoplasty

Zakaria Zakariaei et al. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. .

Abstract

Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is a chronic and rare form of leishmaniasis that causes malignant lesions in the mucosa of the nasal, pharyngeal, and laryngeal regions. We describe a 29-year-old woman who had been suffering from an intranasal polyp for 3 years. The polyp recurred annually after surgical removal, and was diagnosed as nasal leishmaniasis.

Keywords: Intranasal polyp; mucosal leishmaniasis; nasal leishmaniasis; rhinoplasty.

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The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A direct smear of FNA sample taken from intranasal lesion stained with Gram stain showing a numerous developed and undeveloped promastigote of Leishmania parasite (arrowhead). (×1000).
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