title: [Visceral leishmaniasis associated with Hodgkin's disease: diagnostic difficulties].
abstract: A case of Hodgkin's disease associated from the start with visceral leishmaniasis in the absence of antitumoral treatment shows that leishmaniasis is a severe opportunistic infection in endemic areas and can be masked by the tumoral syndrome of an underlying pathology. Conversely, patients with visceral leishmaniasis must be investigated for a cause of immunosuppression with, in particular, biopsy of accessible lymph nodes. The exceptionally favourable course of this particular case deserved to be high-lighted.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, C.H.G. d'Aix-en-Provence.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magnan
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jacquème
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sudan
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Redding
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poirier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003606:Dacarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008466:Mechlorethamine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008536:Meglumine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011344:Procarbazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014747:Vinblastine; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D001761:Bleomycin; D011344:Procarbazine; D008466:Mechlorethamine; D014750:Vincristine; D014747:Vinblastine; D008536:Meglumine; D000077485:Meglumine Antimoniate; D003606:Dacarbazine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D011241:Prednisone
vernacular_title: Leishmaniose viscérale associée à une maladie de Hodgkin: difficultés diagnostiques.