Unusual presentations of Visceral leishmaniasis

Indian J Pediatr. 2009 Aug;76(8):843-5. doi: 10.1007/s12098-009-0148-4. Epub 2009 May 27.

Abstract

We report 3 cases of Visceral leishmaniasis, who presented with unusual clinical manifestations. One child was diagnosed as hemophagocytic syndrome; another masqueraded with features of leukemoid changes alongwith hemophagocytosis and trilineage myelodysplasia; the third case presented with pyothorax. All the three patients showed amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani and positive serology (rk39 antigen). They showed complete clinical, hematological and parasitological resolution with Amphotericin B therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / drug therapy
  • Male

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Amphotericin B