Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report

Leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease in Iran. This paper reports the case of a 5-yr-old boy who presented with multiple isolated cervical lymphadenopathy for several months with no history of fever and no signs or symptoms. In an excisional lymph node biopsy, Leishmania parasites were histo...

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Autores principales: SHORAFA, Eslam, POLADFAR, Gholamreza, ADELIAN, Roholla, SHARIAT, Mahmood, MINAEE, Mohammad Reza, HASHEMI, Syeed Mohammad, TAZANG, Maryam
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4980351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27517003
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author SHORAFA, Eslam
POLADFAR, Gholamreza
ADELIAN, Roholla
SHARIAT, Mahmood
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TAZANG, Maryam
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SHARIAT, Mahmood
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description Leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease in Iran. This paper reports the case of a 5-yr-old boy who presented with multiple isolated cervical lymphadenopathy for several months with no history of fever and no signs or symptoms. In an excisional lymph node biopsy, Leishmania parasites were histologically detected. Thus, leishmaniasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of isolated lymphadenitis in immunocompetent patients, even if the K39 and IFA for kala-azar are reported as negative.
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spelling pubmed-49803512016-08-11 Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report SHORAFA, Eslam POLADFAR, Gholamreza ADELIAN, Roholla SHARIAT, Mahmood MINAEE, Mohammad Reza HASHEMI, Syeed Mohammad TAZANG, Maryam Iran J Public Health Case Report Leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease in Iran. This paper reports the case of a 5-yr-old boy who presented with multiple isolated cervical lymphadenopathy for several months with no history of fever and no signs or symptoms. In an excisional lymph node biopsy, Leishmania parasites were histologically detected. Thus, leishmaniasis should be included in the differential diagnosis of isolated lymphadenitis in immunocompetent patients, even if the K39 and IFA for kala-azar are reported as negative. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2016-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4980351/ /pubmed/27517003 Text en Copyright© Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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SHORAFA, Eslam
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MINAEE, Mohammad Reza
HASHEMI, Syeed Mohammad
TAZANG, Maryam
Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report
title Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report
title_full Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report
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title_short Leishmaniasis as a Neglected Cause of Isolated Lymphadenopathy: A Case Report
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