Visceral leishmaniasis with cysticercosis.
A chest wall nodule in a boy with relapsed proven kala-azar was found to contain a cysticercus. In the fibrous wall with lymphohistiocytic aggregates were mononuclear phagocytes containing amastigotes of L. donovani.
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Department of Morbid Anatomy, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
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D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male