TITLE:
Perforation of the Nasal Septum and Nasal Ulcers
AUTHORS:
Maria Pilar Martín-Fortea, Isabel Sanjoaquín-Conde, Santiago Letona-Carbajo, Maria José Crusells-Canales, Julián Cuesta-Muñoz, Juan Antonio Amiguet-García
KEYWORDS:
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, Leishmania/HIV Co-Infection, Nasal Ulcer
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of AIDS,
Vol.1 No.2,
June
30,
2011
ABSTRACT: 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.