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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Arora K. Visceral leishmaniasis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverleish.html. Accessed December 11th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Cases due to Leishmania infantum are endemic in Southern France, associated with HIV (Hum Pathol 2000;31:75)
- Fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia are common; often fatal when associated with HIV
- Diagnosis: amastigotes (Leishmania donovani [LD] bodies) in bone marrow smears or biopsies (skin, GI, liver, duodenum)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Rounded bodies 2 - 3 microns within macrophages and sinusoidal endothelial cells
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