Auricular leishmaniasis mimicking squamous cell carcinoma

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 915-918

  Khorsandi Ashtiani, M T ^a   Hasibi, M ^a   Yazdani, N ^a   Paydarfar, J A ^b   Sadri, F ^c   Mirashrafi, F ^a   Kouhi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

External Ear; Leishmaniasis; Skin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADULT; AMASTIGOTE; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; AURICULAR LEISHMANIASIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHONDRITIS; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EAR CANCER; EAR INFECTION; EAR SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; FINGER; HAND; HAND INJURY; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NECK; PAPULE; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PERICHONDRITIS; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN ULCER; SMEAR; STAINING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70450169431     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215108003782     Document Type: Article

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