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Two cases of imported cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea
Tae Young Yun1, Hee Chul Eun, Yoo Shin Lee
1Department of Dermatology, Pathology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Kisaengch'Unghak Chapchi. the Korean Journal of Parasitology
|December 1, 1985
Abstract:
Two Korean men who had worked in Saudi Arabia complained of skin ulcers in the right wrist for 5 months or in the face and left forearm for 4 months each. Ulcers accompanying crust was observed in both cases. The characteristic cellular destruction and amastigote in the cytoplasm of histiocyte supported the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Those are 17th and 18th imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Korea(summarized from text).