Auricular leishmaniasis in a child successfully treated with intralesional amphotericin B.
Andrea DiociaiutiSimona GiancristoforoFrancesca Ippolita Calò CarducciClaudia BracagliaAlessandra BoniStefania PaneAndrea Onetti MudaFabrizio De BenedettiLorenza PutignaniMaya El HachemPublished in: Pediatric dermatology (2022)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most frequent form of leishmaniasis. The auricle is an extremely rare site for CL in the Old World. Auricular CL may be mistaken for other entities, such as relapsing polychondritis (RP). Here we report a pediatric case of Old World auricular CL mimicking RP in a child successfully treated with intralesional liposomal amphotericin B.