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RESUMEN: Las leishmaniasis son un grupo de enfermedades parasitarias zoonóticas endémicas en las provincias del norte argentino, producidas por diferentes especies de protozoarios (leishmania), transmitidas por un vector flebótomo, la Lutzomyianeivai (mosquito hembra), que tiene como reservorio los animales vertebrados y accidentalmente al hombre. Presentamos un caso clínico de leishmaniasis cutánea primaria en una paciente de sexo femenino de 56 años de edad, de provincia de Tucumán, con dos lesiones atípicas localizadas en región mentoniana y supraorbitaria derecha, con diagnostico confirmado por frotis e histopatología, con buena respuesta al tratamiento con antimoniato de metglumina.
ABSTRACT: The Leishmaniases are a group of zoonotic diseases caused by protozoan parasites from different Leishmania species. They are transmitted by phlebotomine vectors such asLutzomyianeivai,whichhas its reservoir in vertebrate animals and, accidentally, infects human beings. Since the beginnings of the 21stcentury, it is an endemic disease in the provinces of the North of Argentina. We present a clinical case of primary cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 56-year-old female patient from the province of Tucumán. The patient presents two atypical lesions in the form of an erysipeloid plaque with a crusted ulcer in its centre, located on the right supraorbital and mandibular regions. The patient was treated with melamine antimoniate and showed clinical improvement of the lesions.