[Leishmania infantum variant MON-24 isolated from a cutaneous lesion acquired in the suburban area of Nice (France)].

The authors describe a case of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the suburb area of Nice (France). The parasite is identificated as Leishmania infantum zymodeme MON-24. It is the first report of this dermotropic strain isolated from an autochtonous cutaneous lesion in France.

[Suppurative pseudo-lithiasic canaliculitis].

The affection is often undiagnosed at the first stage. The second stage is characterized by a chronic suppurative canaliculitis with intra-canalicular concretions involving in many cases the lower canaliculus. Our 6 cases have been treated by a posterior canaliculotomy, a microsurgical evacuation of the concretions and a lacrimal tubing.

[Descriptive and immunohistochemical study of ghost cell keratinization in the calcifying odontogenic cyst].

The calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) or Gorlin cyst is a rare and benign lesion most often intraosseous, although an appreciable number of cases are peripheral. Two histologic entities are described, one being cystic and the other neoplastic. The cystic type may occur as three variants.