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Rev Enfer Infec Pediatr 2008; 21.22 (85)

Visceral leishmaniasis in a child with suspected myeloproliferative syndrome

González SN, Macias PM, López N, Vázquez TO, Grajales BAG

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 32-35
PDF size: 211.53 Kb.


ABSTRACT

A four-year-old, from Chilapa Guerrero with one year and six months evolution of increased volume of the abdomen, jaundice, superficial collateral veins, haematochezia; 12 cm hepatomegaly and 22 cm splenomegaly and a papulosquamous lesion on the knee. In addition, showed pancytopenia and in a bone marrow sample, amastigotes were found.
ELISA test was positive for leishmaniasis. She was treated with amphotericin B and meglumine antimoniate, with a satisfactory clinical evolution. It is important to make an early diagnosis of the disease, to avoid the chronicity or the death of the patient.


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