Visceral leishmaniasis in two cases of leukemia.
Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one in a 51-year-old man with accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemia and another in a 35-year-old woman with acute myeloblastic leukemia, are reported. Incidental finding of Leishman-Donovan (LD) bodies in patients with leukemia highlights VL as a potent opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed patients.
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Shatrughan Prasad
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Department of Pathology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. sah_sp@yahoo.com
Rijal
Suman
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Bhadani
Punam Prasad
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Rani
Sudha
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Koirala
Shekhar
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal