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Characteristic ulcerated lesion with exudation and infiltration in the nasal base, filter, palate, and balanoprepucial sulcus.
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In 2014, a 35-year-old male resident of Rio de Janeiro was admitted with ulcerated lesions on his nasal septum, nasal cavity, palate, and balanopreputial sulcus (Figure 1).
Nasal collapse on the right.
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He presented with right-side nasal collapse and an erythematous lesion, which extended from the filter to the interior of the nasal orifice (Figure 2).
Histopathological examination results of the nasal mucosa, showing acute and chronic ulcerated inflammatory processes with giant cell reaction (Langerhans cells) and epithelioid histocytes, compatible with a diagnosis of leishmaniasis.
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There were marked acute and chronic inflammatory processes with a giant cell reaction (Langhans cells) and epithelioid histocytes, compatible with a diagnosis of leishmaniasis (Figure 3).