CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF FACIAL SWELLING

Authors
CASTLING B LAYTON SA PRATT RJ
Citation
B. Castling et al., CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF FACIAL SWELLING, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics, 78(1), 1994, pp. 91-92
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology and endodontics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10792104
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
91 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
1079-2104(1994)78:1<91:CL-AUC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Tropical disease may not figure highly in the differential diagnosis o f a facial swelling in the United Kingdom but should be considered in those who have been in a tropical area. This case history documents de tails of the presentation and investigation of a case of leishmaniasis that appeared as a facial swelling in a 4-year-old boy who had recent ly returned from the Middle East.