Pinnaree KattipathanapongRussanee AkaraphanthSrivicha KrudsoodMario RigantiParnpen ViriyavejakulThailand Ministry of Public HealthMahidol University2018-06-112018-06-112012-01-01Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. Vol.43, No.1 (2012), 17-20012515622-s2.0-84856204560https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/15077Thailand is not an endemic area for leishmaniasis. Several cases of autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis have been reported from Thailand but cutaneous leishmaniasis has never been reported. We reported a three-year-old girl who presented with a chronic ulcer on her cheek which proved to be cutaneous leishmaniasis. The diagnosis was made by finding amastigotes on skin biopsy; the patient had a therapeutic response to itraconazole.Mahidol UniversityMedicineArticleSCOPUS