Visceral leishmaniasis

Liver and intrahepatic bile ducts - nontumor
Infectious (nonviral) disorders
Visceral leishmaniasis

Topic Completed: 1 May 2012

Revised: 23 January 2019, last major update May 2012

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Definition / general | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) images

Cite this page: Arora K. Visceral leishmaniasis. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/liverleish.html. Accessed April 23rd, 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

Microscopic (histologic) images

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Small rounded bodies within macrophages