POST-KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION

Authors
LAKHANPAL S PANDHI RK KHAITAN BK
Citation
S. Lakhanpal et al., POST-KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS - AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION, Acta dermato-venereologica, 78(5), 1998, pp. 353-354
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Acta dermato-venereologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
353 - 354
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1998)78:5<353:PDL-AU>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis can present as hypopigmented macul es, erythematous to skin-coloured papules, nodules and photosensitive butterfly erythema on the face. We present a patient with disseminated annular lesions of post-kala-azar dermal leishamaniasis. The patient was treated with daily intravenous injections of sodium antimony gluco nate for 120 days at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight with complete clea rance of lesions.