Author/Authors :
Asilian, Ali Department of Dermatology - School of Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Momeni, Iman Department of Dermatology - School of Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan , Khosravani, Parastou Department of Dermatology - School of Medicine - Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Abstract :
Leishmaniasis is a protozoan infection due to organisms of the genus Leishmania. The differential diagnosis of cutaneous
leishmaniasis includes arthropod bites, basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and other malignancies. BCC is the most common
form of skin cancer. We present a case of cutaneous leishmaniasis resistant to standard intralesional glucantime
injection in an immunocompromised patient, which was proved to be BCC after surgical excision.
