[A woman with a persisting ulcer on the chin].

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd

St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, Afd. Heelkunde, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

Published: July 2013

A 62-year-old woman presented with an ulcerative lesion on the chin. She had not visited tropical regions, but she had been in Cyprus. A skin biopsy revealed coccoid micro-organisms resembling Leishmania. Subsequently a PCR was performed which showed Leishmania donovani and Leishmania infantum complex and the diagnose 'cutaneous leishmaniasis' was confirmed.

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