A differential to consider in a case of non-healing skin lesion
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Aruna Goturu; Neemisha Jain
- Source
- BMJ case reports. 2014
- Subject
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Erythematous papule
Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
Nodule (medicine)
Papule
General Medicine
Cheek
DNA, Protozoan
Dermatology
Chin
Article
Lesion
Diagnosis, Differential
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
medicine
Humans
medicine.symptom
business
Skin lesion
Tuberculosis, Cutaneous
Leishmania donovani
- Language
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
We report a case of a 5-year-old Asian boy with an 8-month history of non-healing lesions on the left side of cheek (figure 1). Figure 1 Lesion on the face. It started as a non-tender red papule which increased to a pea-sized nodule over a period of few weeks. The lesion persisted for over 6 months and was oozing pus intermittently. At the same time two other erythematous papules appeared under the chin. He …