Case Report: Mucosal Leishmaniasis Presenting with Nasal Septum Perforation after Almost Thirty Years.

This report highlights the importance of considering ML in the differential diagnosis of chronic epistaxis in countries where leishmaniasis is endemic or in immigrants from these countries, even when presentation occurs decades after leaving an endemic region. PMID: 29869609 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29869609?dopt=Abstract

Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - June 4, 2018 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Rojas-Jaimes J, Frischtak HL, Arenas J, Lescano AG Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research