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Descriptor English: Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
Descriptor Spanish: Leishmaniasis Mucocutánea
Descriptor leishmaniasis mucocutánea
Entry term(s) leishmaniasis oronasal
Scope note: Enfermedad caracterizada por la diseminación crónica y progresiva de las lesiones de la leishmaniasis cutánea del Nuevo Mundo, producida por las especies del complejo L. braziliensis, hacia las mucosas nasal, faríngea y bucal, en algunas ocasiones después de la aparición de las lesiones cutáneas iniciales. La obstrucción nasal y las epistaxis son síntomas iniciales frecuentes.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leishmaniose Mucocutânea
Descriptor French: Leishmaniose cutanéomuqueuse
Entry term(s): Leishmaniases, Mucocutaneous
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniases
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Tree number(s): C01.610.752.300.500.400.385
C01.610.858.560.400.385
C01.920.813.400.385
C17.800.838.775.560.400.385
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007897
Scope note: A disease characterized by the chronic, progressive spread of lesions from New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by species of the L. braziliensis complex to the nasal, pharyngeal, and buccal mucosa some time after the appearance of the initial cutaneous lesion. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are frequent presenting symptoms.
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 24227
Unique ID: D007897
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous - Preferred
Concept UI M0012334
Scope note A disease characterized by the chronic, progressive spread of lesions from New World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by species of the L. braziliensis complex to the nasal, pharyngeal, and buccal mucosa some time after the appearance of the initial cutaneous lesion. Nasal obstruction and epistaxis are frequent presenting symptoms.
Preferred term Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous
Entry term(s) Leishmaniases, Mucocutaneous
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniases
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis



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