Abstract: | We report a case of a 42 year-old female, who came to a leishmaniasis
reference center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presenting a cutaneous leishmaniasis
lesion in the right forearm. Treatment with low-dose intramuscular meglumine
antimoniate (MA) (5 mg Sb5+/kg/day) was initiated, with improvement after
28 days, although with the development of generalized eczema. After 87 days, the
lesion worsened. Patient refused treatment with amphotericin B. MA was then
infiltrated in the lesion, in two sessions, resulting in local eczema, with bullae
formation; however, twenty days after, both the ulcer and eczema receded.
Intralesional administration of MA should be used carefully when previous cutaneous
hypersensitivity is detected. |