Bone Marrow Negative Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Adolescent Male

Visceral Leishmaniasis or Kala Azar is endemic in certain regions of India. In endemic areas, the constellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. Demonstration of the pa...

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Autores principales: Jetley, S, Rana, S, Khan, S, Zeeba, JS, Hassan, MJ, Kapoor, P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3655258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23682278
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Sumario:Visceral Leishmaniasis or Kala Azar is endemic in certain regions of India. In endemic areas, the constellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. Demonstration of the parasite in liver, splenic or bone marrow aspirates is confirmatory. We present a case in which Leishmania donovani (LD) bodies were demonstrated on splenic aspirate. We were unable to demonstrate LD bodies on bone marrow aspiration.

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