Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
"Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A disease characterized by the chronic, progressive spread of lesions from New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by species of the L. braziliensis complex to the nasal, pharyngeal, and buccal mucosa some time after the appearance of the initial cutaneous lesion. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are frequent presenting symptoms.
| Descriptor ID |
D007897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.500.400.385 C03.858.560.400.385 C17.800.838.775.560.400.385
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Calvopina M, Guevara AG, Armijos RX, Hashiguchi Y, Davidson RN, Cooper PJ. Itraconazole in the treatment of New World mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Int J Dermatol. 2004 Sep; 43(9):659-63.