Title of article
The First Case of Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Scar Fifty Years After Leishmanization
Author/Authors
Tumolskaya ، Nelli Ignatievna Martsinovsky Institute оf Medical Parasitology, Trорiсаl, and Vесtоr-Воrnе Diseases - Sechenov University , Sergiev ، Vladimir Petrovich Martsinovsky Institute оf Medical Parasitology, Trорiсаl, and Vесtоr-Воrnе Diseases - Sechenov University , Zelya ، Olga Petrovna Martsinovsky Institute оf Medical Parasitology, Trорiсаl, and Vесtоr-Воrnе Diseases - Sechenov University , Zavoikin ، Valerij Martsinovsky Institute оf Medical Parasitology, Trорiсаl, and Vесtоr-Воrnе Diseases - Sechenov University
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101
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104
Abstract
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a self-curing skin infection distributed in tropics and sub-tropics. Up to one million cases of CL appeared in endemic areas a year. Leishmanization (artificially controlled infections) was widely used to control cutaneous leishmaniasis in the past. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common epithelial neoplasm of the skin. Cases of BCC developing in a leishmanial scar have been documented. We present the first case of confirmed basal cell carcinoma arising in 2020 in an 81-old physician working in Moscow (Russian Federation) in a leishmanial scar. It was 50 years after the primary lesion due to a successful leishmanization, widely used to control cutaneous leishmaniasis in the past.
Keywords
Basal cell carcinoma , Cutaneous leishmaniasis , Leishmania , Leishmanization
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
Journal title
Iranian Journal of Parasitology (IJP)
Record number
2773059
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