A. Gaafar et al., THE PATHOLOGY OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS DUE TO LEISHMANIA-MAJOR IN SUDAN, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 52(5), 1995, pp. 438-442
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22
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
The pathology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sudan, where the disease i
s caused by Leishmania major, was studied by light and electron micros
copy. Lesions were classified into four distinct groups based on the r
atio of different cell types, especially lymphocytes, macrophages, and
plasma cells in the inflammatory infiltrate. and the formation of com
pact epithelioid granulomas or the presence of necrosis. In the lesion
s, there was a positive correlation between the number of lymphocytes
and the number of activated macrophages and epithelioid cells. We sugg
est that the parasites are eliminated from the lesion by two processes
: 1) a lytic mechanism in which parasites are lysed within activated m
acrophages and 2) necrosis of parasitized macrophages. Morphologic evi
dence for these two mechanisms of parasite elimination was detected by
both light and electron microscopy. The evolution of the pathology of
the lesions was followed by rebiopsy when the lesion had regressed in
size under antileishmanial therapy.