Basal cell carcinoma superimposed on a cutaneous leishmaniasis lesion in an immunocompromised patient
Leishmaniasis is a protozoan infection due to organisms of the genus Leishmania. The differential diagnosis of cutane-ous leishmaniasis includes arthropod bites, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and other malignancies. BCC is the most com-mon form of skin cancer. We present a case of cutaneous leishmanias...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Research in Medical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2012;volume=17;issue=1;spage=108;epage=110;aulast=Asilian |