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Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:1244-1245.

A 73-year-old white woman had a 14-month history of an extensive, disfiguring facial lesion involving the cheeks, nose, and eyelids, resulting in exposure keratopathy. A biopsy of the facial lesion established the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmania, and the lesion responded to treatment with itraconazole.

Imtiaz A. Chaudhry, MD, PhD; Camille Hylton, MS; Beatrice DesMarchais, MD
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. Dr Chaudhry is now with the Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.

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