Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Visceral Leishmaniasis

Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Visceral Leishmaniasis

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) usually presents with malaise, fever, weight loss, and hepatosplenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy is rarely reported in patients with VL from India. We report an interesting case of VL, presenting with malaise, fever and weight loss along with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopath...

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Main Authors: Surinder Singh Rana, Nalini Gupta, Ravi Sharma, Pankaj Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-08-01
Series:Journal of Digestive Endoscopy
Subjects:
endosonography
tuberculosis
kala-azar
lymph nodes
fine needle aspiration
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1715983
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Summary:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) usually presents with malaise, fever, weight loss, and hepatosplenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy is rarely reported in patients with VL from India. We report an interesting case of VL, presenting with malaise, fever and weight loss along with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy and mimicked tuberculosis. Absence of spleen because of previous splenectomy for symptomatic portal hypertension led to difficulty in establishing the correct diagnosis that was eventually established by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA).
ISSN:0976-5042
0976-5050

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