A rare parasitic infection: visceral leishmaniasis case after gastric cancer treatment
| Autor: | Ahmet Dirican, Gamze Göksel Öztürk, Alkim Yolcu, Çiğdem Banu Çetin, Ismet Aydogdu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey, Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey, Department of Infection Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.medical_treatment 030106 microbiology Cancer Hematology medicine.disease Pancytopenia Gastroenterology Bone marrow examination 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Visceral leishmaniasis Oncology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Internal medicine medicine Lymphadenectomy Gastrectomy Differential diagnosis business Chemoradiotherapy |
| Popis: | We present a case of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in a patient with gastric cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. A 69-year-old man with gastric carcinoma had been treated with total gastrectomy, lymphadenectomy and postoperative radiotherapy with chemotherapy. Then 3 years after treatment, due to pancytopenia with progressive trombocytopenia and splenomegaly, bone marrow examination was performed and Leishmania spp. amastigotes were diagnosed. When antibiotherapy was completed, splenomegaly was eliminated and the laboratory results became normal. VL should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients, even adults, with splenomegaly, trombocytopenia and a history of contact with dogs in endemic countries such as Turkey. © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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