In vivo confocal microscopy features of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Dermatology
; 228(2): 121-4, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is widely distributed, Spain being a hypoendemic region. Noninvasive bedside detection of the histopathologic response to the intracellular organism that allows rapid diagnosis and prompt therapy could be the ideal tool to manage a commonly self-healing lesion. Confocal microscopy is a technique which allows in vivo examination of the skin at cellular resolution.METHODS:
We describe the in vivo confocal microscopic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis, finding a correlation with dermoscopy and histopathology. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE This case illustrates the capability of confocal microscopy to characterize the cutaneous infection by Leishmania organisms and to perform a noninvasive diagnosis.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Leishmaniose Cutânea
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Microscopia Confocal
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Leishmania
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article