title: [Visceral leishmaniasis--surgical aspects].
abstract: Visceral Leishmaniasis is a multi-organic parasitic disease caused by an intracellular protozoon named Leishmania Donovani; the mean signs are: weight loss, cough, fever, hepatosplenomegaly, adenopathy and cutaneous lesions; death without treatment is the rule. The main treatment is a conservative one. Surgical treatment is necessary for complications, especially for those intra-abdominally. We wish to present a young female patient who underwent two subsequent interventions due to an unclear diagnosis. We emphasize the difficulties in achieving a certain diagnostic, because of the rarity of disease in Romania; there are also revealed surgical aspects, which are important because of very few available data in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie, Spitalul Clinic Municipal Arad. Marcelonita@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oniţa
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Sârbu
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olariu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oniţa
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stoica
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome