Author(s)

Maria Pilar Martín-Fortea, Isabel Sanjoaquín-Conde, Santiago Letona-Carbajo, Maria José Crusells-Canales, Julián Cuesta-Muñoz, Juan Antonio Amiguet-García

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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.

Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis, Leishmania/HIV Co-Infection, Nasal Ulcer

Martín-Fortea, M. , Sanjoaquín-Conde, I. , Letona-Carbajo, S. , Crusells-Canales, M. , Cuesta-Muñoz, J. and Amiguet-García, J. (2011) Perforation of the Nasal Septum and Nasal Ulcers. World Journal of AIDS, 1, 28-30. doi: 10.4236/wja.2011.12005.