oriental sore

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Related to oriental sore: cutaneous leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, espundia

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oriental sore - leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions

Aleppo boil, cutaneous leishmaniasis, Delhi boil, Old World leishmaniasis, tropical sore

kala azar, leishmaniasis, leishmaniosis - sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies

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CL is also known as 'Aleppo boil', 'Baghdad boil', 'Bay sore', 'Biskra button', 'Chiclero ulcer', 'Delhi boil', 'Kandahar sore', 'Lahore sore', 'Leishmaniasis tropica', 'Oriental sore', 'Pian bois', and 'Uta' in respective areas (9).

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an immigrant Saudi worker: a case report

The disease should be differentiated from common warts, blastomycosis, hypertrophic lichen planus and oriental sore in an endemic area.

Case report: tuberculosis verrucosa cutis

Treatment of leishmaniasis nodosa (oriental sore) with intralesionally injected emetine hydrochloride.