Abstract
Abstract Context.—Mucosal leishmaniasis (ML) is a rare disease in the world, even in endemic areas such as Iran. Clinical, histologic, or cytologic assessment may help in the diagnosis of ML. Objective.—To describe clinical, histologic, and cytologic findings in ML. Design.—Review of our files showed 11 patients diagnosed with ML, of whom 7 patients had oral lesions, 1 of whom was a known patient with oral leishmaniasis with recurrence of oral lesions; 2 had laryngeal lesions; and 3 had nasal lesions. One case of laryngeal leishmaniasis was a recurrence of prior oral lesions. Cytologic smears were prepared by scraping the lesions with a scalpel or cytobrush. Histology on the biopsies was done for 7 patients. In 2 patients with nasal lesions, exfoliative cytology was made by washing the nasal cavity. Smears were both air dried and fixed in alcohol and stained. Results.—Cytologic findings showed free Leishman-Donovan bodies, intrahistiocytic Leishman-Donovan bodies, atypical organisms, granuloma, acute and ...
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