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| Year : 2005 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 3 | Page : 218-219 |
Isolated lingual leishmaniasis
F Habibzadeh1, J Sajedianfard2, M Yadollahie1
1 NIOC Medical Education and Research Center, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Correspondence Address:
F Habibzadeh
NIOC Medical Education and Research Center, Shiraz
Iran
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PMID: 16333197 
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in Fars Province, southern Iran. However, mucosal leishmaniasis is extremely uncommon. Herein, we report a patient with isolated lingual leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent 40-year-old man. The lesion was totally excised. The patient was cured completely and is doing well after four years of follow-up, with no medical treatment
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