We report a case of primary mucocutaneous histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual. The patient, a 61-year-old woman, presented with a non-healing ulcer on the lateral border of her tongue. Excisional biopsy of the lesion was consistent with histoplasmosis and no evidence of pulmonary or disseminated infection was found. Although mucocutaneous infection has been well-described as a manif...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder with increasing incidence. 30% of diabetic persons have some type of mucocutaneous involvement from trivial to life threatening during the course of their chronic disease. Aims Of The Study:To study the prevalence of mucocutaneous manifestations in Diabetes mellitus in our locality and to analyse the histopathological spectru...

Lichen planus is a relatively common mucocutaneous lesion in adults but it rarely seen paediatric patients. Here we presenting case of oral lichen 10 years old boy. The diagnosis was made on the basis clinical features only. Topical steroid therapy most given planus. This wastreated with novel treatment modality topical tacrolimus 0.03% and patient responded well to treatment.

Brazilian Journal of otorhinolaryngology 78 (5) SeptemBer/octoBer 2012 http://www.bjorl.org / e-mail: [email protected] Primary lesion of Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis simulating external otitis Márcia dos Santos da Silva, Renato Telles de Sousa, Eucides Batista da Silva, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra, Nathália Matos Gomes, Renata Farias de Santana, Rebecca Souza Mubarac CASE REPORT Braz...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a serious public health problem in Yemen. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to identify clinical and epidemiological features of leishmaniasis in Yemen. METHODS The study was conducted at the Regional Leishmaniasis Control Center in central Yemen. Data sourced from the medical records of 152 patients with confirmed active leishmaniasis, managed during April-Augu...

Pyogenic granuloma (PG) is a benign non-neoplastic mucocutaneous lesion. It is a reactional response to constant minor trauma and might be related to hormonal changes. In the mouth, PG is manifested as a sessile or pedunculated, resilient, erythematous, exophytic and painful papule or nodule with a smooth or lobulated surface that bleeds easily. PG preferentially affects the gingiva, but may al...

Background: Mucocutaneous manifestations may occur inevery stage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.Some of them may be the first presentations. In this study, weevaluated the prevalence of dermatologic manifestations as thefirst presentations of HIV/AIDS in 25 Iranian patients.Method: In a cross sectional study, we evaluated 25 new casesof HIV infection whose HIV infections were d...