Medical Definition of Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis

1. Leishmaniasis caused by several New and Old World species and strains of Leishmania (L. Mexicana amazonensis, L. M. Pifanoi, possibly L. M. Garnhami and L. M. Venezuelensis; in Ethiopia, L. Aethiopica, and unidentified leishmanial agents in Namibia and Tanzania). The condition is associated with a suppressed cell-mediated immune response, so that the non-ulcerating, non-necrotizing cutaneous lesions can spread widely over the body; great numbers of parasite-filled macrophages are found in the dermal lesions. Healing does not appear to occur unless an acquired cellular hypersensitivity can develop. Synonym: anergic leishmaniasis, diffuse leishmaniasis, disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis, leishmaniasis tegumentaria diffusa, pseudolepromatous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

diffractometry
diffractor
diffracts
diffs
diffusable
diffusate
diffusates
diffuse
diffuse abdominal calcification
diffuse abscess
diffuse aneurysm
diffuse angiokeratoma
diffuse arterial ectasia
diffuse brain atrophy
diffuse choroiditis
diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (current term)
diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis
diffuse deep keratitis
diffuse emphysema
diffuse gallbladder wall thickening
diffuse ganglion
diffuse glomerulonephritis
diffuse goiter
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
diffuse infantile familial sclerosis
diffuse interstitial fibrosis
diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
diffuse leishmaniasis
diffuse mastocytosis
diffuse mesangial proliferation

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