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Small bowel (small intestine)

Infectious disorders

Leishmaniasis

Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 18 December 2012, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2012, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

General
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● Intracellular protozoa that infects macrophages and may disseminate throughout reticuloendothelial system

Case reports
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● 27 year old man with intermittent night fever and abdominal pain (Iran Red Crescent Med J 2011;13:348)
● 33 year old man with AIDS, visceral leishmaniasis and mycobacterial infection (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999;123:835)

Micro images
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Numerous foamy macrophages packed with microorganisms

Electron microscopy images
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Submucosal macrophage containing intracellular bacilli (long arrows) and protozoa

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