Title
Unusual manifestation of genital cutaneous leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent patient from São Paulo, Brazil: A case report
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Reis L.C.
Lindoso J.A.L.
Celeste B.J.
Braz L.M.A.
Yamashiro-Kanashiro E.H.
Goto H.
Oyafuso L.K.M.
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Abstract
A 31-year-old male patient developed an ulcer on the glans penis that evolved for three months without healing. We diagnosed it as leishmaniasis using polymerase chain reaction. No immunosuppression or associated diseases were observed. The patient was treated with meglumine antimoniate that cured the lesion in a month post-treatment. Here, we report this case of cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion at the unusual location of glans penis in an immunocompetent individual. The lesion likely developed due to the bite of a vector, highlighting the need for considering cutaneous leishmaniasis among differential diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases in areas endemic for leishmaniasis.
Volume
54
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina tropical Parasitología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85103606662
PubMed ID
Source
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
ISSN of the container
00378682
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (fellowship 2019/25393-1 to LCR), the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (research fellowship to HG), LIM-49 and LIM 38 (Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo).
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