Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region

A case of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in an immunocompetent native from a nonendemic area was reported. The patient belonged to Ravi river valley area (altitude 996 meters above the mean sea level) of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. VL and HLH wer...

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Autores principales: Raina, Rashmi Kaul, Raina, Sujeet, Sharma, Manupriya
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28459018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.202288
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description A case of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in an immunocompetent native from a nonendemic area was reported. The patient belonged to Ravi river valley area (altitude 996 meters above the mean sea level) of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. VL and HLH were not a differential diagnosis. Identification of the Leishman-Donovan bodies and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow aspirate and biopsy provided the diagnosis. The patient recovered to the treatment with amphotericin B.
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spelling pubmed-53692782017-04-28 Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region Raina, Rashmi Kaul Raina, Sujeet Sharma, Manupriya Trop Parasitol Dispatch A case of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in an immunocompetent native from a nonendemic area was reported. The patient belonged to Ravi river valley area (altitude 996 meters above the mean sea level) of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India. VL and HLH were not a differential diagnosis. Identification of the Leishman-Donovan bodies and hemophagocytosis in bone marrow aspirate and biopsy provided the diagnosis. The patient recovered to the treatment with amphotericin B. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5369278/ /pubmed/28459018 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.202288 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title_full Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title_fullStr Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title_full_unstemmed Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title_short Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: A tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
title_sort visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytosis: a tale of two unexpected diagnoses from a nonendemic region
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5369278/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28459018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.202288
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