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Tropical Diseases:

I Leishmaniasis
II Paracoccidioidomycosis
III Blastomycocis
IV Chromoblastomycosis
V Lepra
VI Sporotrichosis
VII Histoplasmosis
VIII Rhinosporidiosis
IX Mycetomas
X Rhinoscleroma
XI Chagasdisease
XII Actinomycosis
XIII Mucormycosis
XIV Amoebiasis
XV Protothecosis
XVI Lobomycosis
XVII Phaeohyphomycosis
XVIII Pruritus actinicus
XIX Bite of snake
XX Coccidioidomycosis

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I. Leishmaniasis

Case 6. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis / Hyperplastic gingivitis

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Fig. 6-B2: Hyperplastic gingivitis

In the granulation tissue occasionally granular elements are seen representing nuclear detritus. They should not be confused with leishmanias. The Grocott stain is negative.

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Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Los Andes
Merida - Venezuela