Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis: report of a case with massive involvement of nasal, pharyngeal and laryngeal mucosa

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 870-872

  Di Lella, F ^a   Vincenti, V ^a   Zennaro, D ^b   Afeltra, A ^b   Baldi, A ^c   Giordano, D ^a   Pasanisi, E ^a   Bacciu, A ^a   Bacciu, S ^a   Di Lella, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

AGED; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPISTAXIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LARYNX DISORDER; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE INFECTION; ORAL BIOPSY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHARYNGITIS; RHINORRHEA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRAVEL;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; EPISTAXIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; NOSE DISEASES;

EID: 33746034938     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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