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.
Laiko General Hospital, Department of Pathophysiology, Athens, Greece. petkop@hol.gr
Petros
P
Kopterides
Spyridon
S
Halikias
Nikolaos
N
Tsavaris
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