[Cutaneous leishmaniasis].

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in certain tropical and sub-tropical regions, and is sometimes encountered as an imported disease in Norway. The disease is characterized by chronic and painless, but often disfiguring, ulcers that regress after some months to years, leaving atrophic scars. Diagnosis is established by demonstrating amastigote Leishmania bodies by microscopy of Giemsa-stained smears from the periphery of the lesions. This report presents six cases seen in our department in the course of the last 14 years.