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Volume 358:313-315 January 17, 2008 Number 3
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Indian Mucosal Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania donovani Infection

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To the Editor: A 62-year-old man from Chamoli District of Uttaranchal, north India, had a 2-year history of a fleshy, polypoid swelling with superficial ulceration on the mucosal aspect of the lower lip, lower gum, floor of the mouth, and palate, without involvement of the skin (Figure 1A and 1B). He did not have a history of kala-azar. Repeated biopsy of the lip and alveolar mucosa showed an infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, histiocytes, and many plasma cells. Staining for kappa and lambda light chains revealed polyclonal plasma cells. No M band was found on serum immunoelectrophoresis, but there . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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