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Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major, a great mimicker of Lupus Vulgaris in Sanliurfa, Turkey: a case report
  • Nebiye Yentur Doni,
  • Gulcan Gurses,
  • Isa An
Nebiye Yentur Doni
Harran University Faculty of Medicine

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Gulcan Gurses
Harran University Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
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Isa An
Sanlıurfa Training and Research Hospital
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Abstract

Lupoid cutaneous leishmaniasis is identified by a broad range of clinical presentation with brown to red, yellowish-brown, apple-jelly papules. These papules enlarge to plaques, develop into granulomatous, crusted ulcers, which are as similar as cutaneous lesions of lupus vulgaris. Herein, we report a patient with lupoid CL mimicking lupus vulgaris

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14 May 2020Submitted to Clinical Case Reports
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