Research Article
Leishmania donovani Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Insight into Atypical Clinical Variants in Sri Lanka
Table 2
Clinical characteristics of typical and atypical lesions in the study population.
| | Classical lesions | Atypical lesions | P value |
| Lesion duration (months) Mean (SD) | 6.8 (9.53) | 10 (26.47) | |
| Feature | Count | Percentage | Count | Percentage | |
| Number of lesions | | | | | | Single | 714 | 86.2 | 101 | 82.8 | | Multiple | 114 | 13.8 | 21 | 17.2 | | Total | 828 | 100.0 | 122 | 100.0 | |
| Lesion duration (months) | | | | | | Up to 4 | 411 | 49.6 | 55 | 47.8 | | 5-10 | 282 | 34.1 | 33 | 28.7 | | Over 10 | 135 | 16.3 | 27 | 23.5 | | Total | 828 | 100.0 | 115 | 100.0 | |
| Onset | | | | | | Typical | 567 | 97.3 | 68 | 81.9 | P<0.05 | Other | 16 | 2.7 | 15 | 12.1 | | Total | 583 | 100.0 | 83 | 100.0 | |
| Size of lesion (cm) | | | | | | Up to 2cm | 540 | 65.2 | 61 | 54.0 | P<0.05 | 2-4 cm | 206 | 24.9 | 31 | 27.4 | | Above 4cm | 82 | 9.9 | 21 | 18.6 | | Total | 828 | 100.0 | 113 | 100.0 | |
| Site of lesion | | | | | | Limbs | 549 | 66.3 | 46 | 43.4 | P<0.05 | Trunk | 54 | 6.5 | 16 | 15.1 | | Head and neck | 225 | 27.2 | 44 | 41.5 | | Total | 828 | 100.0 | 106 | 100.0 | |
| Shape of lesion | | | | | | Round or oval | 738 | 91.5 | 67 | 58.8 | P<0.05 | Irregular | 69 | 8.5 | 47 | 41.2 | | Total | 808 | 100.0 | 114 | 100.0 | |
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Missing and doubtful information was excluded lesion wise. |