@article{996,
  keywords = {Adult, Child, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, Leishmaniasis, Visceral, leprosy, Macrophages, Male, Neuritis, Time Factors},
  author = {Elhassan A M and Ali M S and Zijlstra E and Eltoum I A and Ghalib H W and Ahmed H M},
  title = {Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in the Sudan: peripheral neural involvement.},
  abstract = {<p>Four patients developed post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and neuritis (PKDL) 1 to 6 months following apparently successful treatment of kala-azar. The duration of the lesion varied between 1 month and nearly 5 years. The lesions were macules, papules, or nodules affecting the face, extremities, and trunk. The diagnosis was made by demonstration of the parasite in slit smear and biopsies and by a positive direct agglutination test (DAT). Histologically, the patients were found to have neuritis affecting the cutaneous nerves in the lesion only. The nerves showed a lymphohistiocytic infiltration and occasionally parasites. There was no impairment of sensation. Response to sodium stibogluconate was good. PKDL may simulate leprosy both clinically and pathologically.</p>},
  year = {1992},
  journal = {International journal of dermatology},
  volume = {31},
  pages = {400-3},
  month = {1992 Jun},
  issn = {0011-9059},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb02668.x},
  language = {eng},
}