Leishmaniasis

A parasitic disease caused by different species of the genus <i>Leishmania</i>, transmitted through the bite of hematophagous female phlebotomine sand flies. The clinical spectrum ranges from asymptomatic to clinically overt disease which can remain localized to the skin or disseminate to the upper oral and respiratory mucous membranes or throughout the reticulo-endothelial system. Three main clinical syndromes have been described: visceral (or Kala-Azar; with fever, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly), cutaneous, and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (cutaneous or mucocutaneous ulceration).

Carcinoma

A malignant tumor arising from epithelial cells. Carcinomas that arise from glandular epithelium are called adenocarcinomas, those that arise from squamous epithelium are called squamous cell carcinomas, and those that arise from transitional epithelium are called transitional cell carcinomas (NCI Thesaurus).


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PMID (PMCID)
19563944
 MALE
Leishmaniasis of the auricle mimicking carcinoma.
Sabri A, Khatib L, Kanj-Sharara S, Husseini ST, Nuwayri-Salti N, Semaan R, Rameh C.
Am J Otolaryngol. 2009;30(4):285-7.
Leishmaniasis of the auricle mimicking carcinoma.
15025319
 MALE Adult
Ulcerative post-kala azar mucosal leishmaniasis masquerading as a carcinoma--a case report.
Toran KC, Sah SP, Joshi A, Rani S.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2003;46(3):487-9.
Ulcerative post-kala azar mucosal leishmaniasis masquerading as a carcinoma--a case report.
12214920
 MALE Adult
A patient with intestinal amoebiasis and cutaneous amoebic ulcer.
Morsy TA, Mangoud AM, Saleh WA.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2002;32(2):425-8.
The ulcer was suspected to be carcinoma, complicated cutaneous leishmaniasis or due to free-living amoebae.
7770140
 MALE
[A case of leishmaniasis in intensive care].
Pastorelli M, Salvi G, Vilianis G, Musso G, Mureddu R, Verda F.
Minerva Anestesiol. 1994;60(12):729-31.
A case is presented of severe visceral leishmaniasis initially misdiagnosed owing to the old age of the patient and the contemporary presence of a carcinoma of the sigmoid.