Visceral leishmaniasis masquerading as myelodysplasia.
We report a case of a 61-year-old man with head and neck cancer who presented with pancytopenia two months after the completion of his chemotherapy and was diagnosed with myelodysplasia on the basis of two bone marrow examinations, before the correct diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis was established with splenectomy.
Kopterides
Petros
P
Laiko General Hospital, Department of Pathophysiology, Athens, Greece. petkop@hol.gr
Halikias
Spyridon
S
Tsavaris
Nikolaos
N
D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010198:Pancytopenia