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This retrospective cross-sectional study discusses 16 Para-KDL cases with one-year follow-up data, treated between 2012\u20132021 at the Surya Kanta Kala-azar Research Center, Bangladesh. We collected data from hospital records and used STATA 16 to analyze and see the frequency distribution and variable means. We found five patients without any history of kala-azar infection. All the patients were treated with 20 mg\/kg Liposomal Amphotericin B in 4 divided doses except one with a history of AmBisome hypersensitivity. One year after treatment, all patients were free from skin lesions, with no hepatosplenomegaly, and observed significant improvement in BMI and hemoglobin levels. The Para-KDL patients are challenging to diagnose, and the relapse and treatment failure leishmania patients might have belonged to this rare group, contributing to their poor prognosis. 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