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A rare parasitic infection: visceral leishmaniasis case after gastric cancer treatment

verfasst von: Res. Ass. Alkim Yolcu, Ass. Prof. Ahmet Dirican, Prof. Gamze Göksel Ozturk, Prof. Cigdem Banu Cetin, Prof. Ismet Aydogdu

Erschienen in: memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology | Ausgabe 4/2018

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Summary

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.
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Metadaten
Titel
A rare parasitic infection: visceral leishmaniasis case after gastric cancer treatment
verfasst von
Res. Ass. Alkim Yolcu
Ass. Prof. Ahmet Dirican
Prof. Gamze Göksel Ozturk
Prof. Cigdem Banu Cetin
Prof. Ismet Aydogdu
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2018
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
memo - Magazine of European Medical Oncology / Ausgabe 4/2018
Print ISSN: 1865-5041
Elektronische ISSN: 1865-5076
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12254-018-0437-6