Post-kala-azar dermal leishmanasis occurring after 10 years of treated kala azar

✍ Scribed by Rachna Mittal; Pran N. Behl; Govind Srivastava

• Book ID: 104463821
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 131 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-9059
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01676.x

✦ Synopsis

Post‐kala‐azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) as the name suggests, develops usually after 1–2 years of treated kala azar (KA).^1^ Infrequently, cases may be seen later than 2 years. A case of PKDL occurring after 10 years of treated KA is herein reported. Such a long disease‐free interval may be forgotten by the patient, and if not carefully elicited in the history, the diagnosis of PKDL may be missed.