Perforation of the Nasal Septum and Nasal Ulcers
| Autor: | Santiago Letona-Carbajo, María José Crusells-Canales, Juan Antonio Amiguet-García, Julián Cuesta-Muñoz, Isabel Sanjoaquin-Conde, Maria Pilar Martín-Fortea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Necrosis business.industry Nasal ulcers Perforation (oil well) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medicine.disease_cause digestive system diseases Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Cutaneous ulcers Nasal Diseases Nasal septum Mucosal Ulcer Medicine medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | World Journal of AIDS. :28-30 |
| ISSN: | 2160-8822 2160-8814 |
| DOI: | 10.4236/wja.2011.12005 |
| Popis: | A case about a HIV woman with nasal ulcers is described in this paper. In every inmunodepressed patient who has mu-cosal or cutaneous ulcers, infection by leishmanial parasites needs to be ruled out, especially when ulcers have not re-gression with usual treatments. The Leishmanial nasal disease usually shows swelling and mucosal ulcers, that may progress to necrosis. Delaying in appropriate therapy might cause irreversible damage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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