@article{17358,
  keywords = {Adult, Animals, Antimony Sodium Gluconate, Antiprotozoal Agents, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Leishmania donovani, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, Leishmaniasis, Visceral, leprosy, Male},
  author = {Dhar S and Kaur I and Dawn G and Sehgal S and Kumar B},
  title = {Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis mimicking leprosy: experience with 4 patients, with some unusual features in 1.},
  abstract = {<p>We report on 4 cases of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). History of kala-azar was available in all 4 patients. Slit-skin smears (SSS) for leishmania donovani (LD) bodies were negative in all 4. In 3 patients hypopigmented lesions were present over the face. Papules and nodules over his lips, tongue, scrotum and dactylitis were some unusual features observed in 1 patient. Histopathological examination showed LD bodies in 2 patients; histopathology was nonspecific in the other 2. All the patients were treated with sodium stibogluconate, 20 mg/kg/day. Infiltrated papules and nodules had subsided by 3 months, while hypopigmented macules took longer to improve. In 3 patients there had previously been a misdiagnosis as leprosy sufferers and they had been treated with antileprosy drugs. Clinical and histopathological differences between PKDL and leprosy are discussed.</p>},
  year = {1995},
  journal = {Leprosy review},
  volume = {66},
  pages = {250-6},
  month = {1995 Sep},
  issn = {0305-7518},
  url = {http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1995/v66n3/pdf/v66n3a10.pdf},
  doi = {10.5935/0305-7518.19950029},
  language = {eng},
}