Histopathological Changes Associated with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Patients with Baghdad Boil/South of Iraq

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Iraq and it is become epidemic in Nassirriyah city recently/ South of Iraq. The following histopathological study were achieved in microbiology dept. at college of Medicine in University of Thiqar, targeting Nassiriyah city in south of Iraq where Baghdad boil is highly distributed during a period of time at end of April 2016. several of tissue (skin) biopsies were obtained by dermatologist under sterilizing condition and at Al-Hussain teaching hospital where the patients have entered for treatment . the result explain the following changing : • marked epidermal hyperplasia with hyperkeratosis . • two small granulomas of macrophages some with vaculation in the dermis . • sever dermal hyperplasia and foliculitis also hyperkeratosis and scab formation. • marked hyperplasia of epidermis , hyperkeratosis and scab formation .