Ugeskrift for laeger
Volume 180, Issue 35, 2018

Atypical mycocutaneous manifestation of Leishmania tropica in a refugee (Article)

Møller M. , Engsig F.N. , Barfod T.S. , Friis-Møller N.
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Abstract

In this case report a male 19-year-old Syrian refugee presented with a sore throat. A biopsy from larynx detected Leishmania tropica compatible with leishmaniasis, although L. tropica does not normally cause mucosal leishmaniasis (CL). An immunodeficiency was detected, and the patient was treated for hypogammaglobulinaemia and CL three times, before the symptoms disappeared. Leishmaniasis is a disease, which should be taken into consideration, when refugees present with atypical clinical manifestations, especially in immunosuppressed patients.

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Index Keywords

Denmark Syria male case report pathology refugee Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous skin leishmaniasis agammaglobulinemia ethnology Leishmania tropica isolation and purification Syrian Arab Republic Young Adult human Humans Refugees
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ISSN: 16036824
Original Language: Danish