chiclero's ulcer
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chiclero's ulcer
A self-healing skin ulcer affecting the sapodilla tree tappers in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. It is a form of LEISHMANIASIS of the skin (cutaneous Leishmaniasis) caused by Leishmania mexicana and spread by sandflies.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005