Original scientific paper
A Case of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Northern Adriatic Region
M. Sever-Prebilić
I. Prebilić
I. Seili-Bekafigo
S. Dokić
N. Ivaniš
A. Načinović-Duletić
B. Vojniković
Abstract
A 33-year-old male patient with fever, splenomegaly, pancytopenia and lymphocytosis
was admitted to the Department of Hematology in Rijeka. Laboratory findings, bone
marrow aspiration and biopsy excluded hemoblastosis and aplastic anemia. To exclude
primary splenic lymphoma we performed splenic aspiration where Leishmania amastigotes
were found. No cases of visceral leishmaniasis have been previously described in
the Northern Adriatic region. Considering epidemiology, a contraction of the disease in
the Velebit mountain range could be possible despite the current non-endemic status of
the region.
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Hrčak ID:
28296
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Publication date:
16.12.2002.
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