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Atypical cutaneous histological features of visceral leishmaniasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Am J Dermatopathol. 1995 Apr;17(2):145-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96166784
Perrin C; Taillan B; Hofman P; Mondain V; Lefichoux Y; Michiels JF; Department of Pathology, University of Nice, France.

Abstract: Cutaneous lesions in Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are very unusual, except for the presence of Leishmania organisms in cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We have identified two unusual cutaneous histological features of VL in three patients with AIDS not described previously; two had silent leishmaniasis, and in the third, Leishmania organisms were present in sweat ducts, suggesting transepithelial elimination through eccrine sweat glands and/or eccrine epithelial tropism.
Keywords: Adult Animal AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/*PARASITOLOGY Case Report Eccrine Glands/PARASITOLOGY Female Histiocytes/PARASITOLOGY Human HIV Seropositivity/PARASITOLOGY Leishmania infantum/ISOLATION & PURIF Leishmaniasis, Visceral/*PATHOLOGY Male Sarcoma, Kaposi's/*PARASITOLOGY Skin/PATHOLOGY/*PARASITOLOGY Skin Neoplasms/*PARASITOLOGY Sweat Glands/PARASITOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDadultanimalaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/KWDparasitologycasereporteccrineglands/parasitologyfemalehistiocytes/parasitologyhumanhivseropositivity/parasitologyleishmaniainfantum/isolation&purifleishmaniasis,visceral/KWDpathologymalesarcoma,kaposi's/KWDparasitologyskin/pathology/KWDparasitologyskinneoplasms/KWDparasitologysweatglands/parasitologyjournalarticle
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