Localized mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum mimicking cancer in the rhinolaryngeal region Cobo, Fernando Rodríguez-Granger, Javier Gómez-Camarasa, Cristina Sampedro, Antonio Aliaga Martínez, Luis Navarro, José María Gutiérrez Fernández, José Leishmania infantum Mucosal leishmaniasis Giemsa Culture Cancer The clinical, microbiological, and histopathological findings of six patients with mucosal leishmaniasis are reported. Five of these patients were Spanish with no history of travel abroad, while the other was from Bolivia but had lived in Spain for more than 5 years. Two patients had no underlying disease, while the other four had several other medical conditions. Lesions were located in the nose in three patients and in the larynx in the other three. Symptoms included difficulty in swallowing, nasal obstruction, dysphonia, and polypoid lesions mimicking cancer. The diagnosis was based on the identification of parasites, or on PCR assay or culture. Five patients were treated with liposomal amphotericin B and the other with antimonial compounds. 2024-03-18T11:53:00Z 2024-03-18T11:53:00Z 2016-09 journal article Cobo F, Rodríguez-Granger J, Gómez-Camarasa C, Sampedro A, Aliaga-Martínez L, Navarro JM, Fernández JG. Localized mucosal leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum mimicking cancer in the rhinolaryngeal region. Int J Infect Dis. 2016 Sep;50:54-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.003 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/90078 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.08.003 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Elsevier