Abstract

CASTRO YANEZ, Liana; TURRO MARTIN, Hugo Alejandro; MIRANDA YANEZ, Ileana Rosa  and  SABORIT RODRIGUEZ, Maikel. Visceral leishmaniasis. Presentation of a case and review of the entity. Multimed [online]. 2023, vol.27  Epub Feb 10, 2023. ISSN 1028-4818.

Leishmania was described by Leishman and Donovan in 1903, when the parasite was isolated from the spleen of affected people. Leishmaniasis is a tropical and subtropical disease, caused by an intracellular protozoan of the genus Leishmania and transmitted to humans by the bite of infected Lutzomyia vectors. It has as reservoirs dogs, rodents, wolves, foxes and humans as incidental hosts. Clinically, leishmaniasis can be classified into three main forms: cutaneous (LC), localized (LCL) or diffuse (LCD) leishmaniasis, mucocutaneous destructive leishmaniasis (CML), and visceral leishmaniasis (VL or Kala-Azar). The disease manifests clinically with the invasion of the parasite and damage to the functioning of vital organs such as the bone marrow, liver and spleen.We present the case of an 11-year-old adolescent male patient from rural areas who presented a clinical picture of increased volume of the upper abdomen, marked pallor, decay, with hepato and splenomegaly treated in Bahia, Brazil in 2018 with a diagnosis of leishmaniasis. The clinic, diagnostic methods and treatment are described.

Keywords : Visceral leishmaniasis; Bone marrow.

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