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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120466| Title: | Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosed on duodenal biopsy |
| Authors: | Ellul, Pierre Piscopo, Tonio Vassallo, Mario |
| Keywords: | Duodenectomy Amastigotes Anemia -- Diagnosis Immunosuppression |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Citation: | Ellul, P., Piscopo, T., & Vassallo, M. (2007). Visceral leishmaniasis diagnosed on duodenal biopsy. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 5(7), A26. |
| Abstract: | A 59-year-old man presented with a 3-week history of fever, episodic vomiting, epigastric discomfort, loss of appetite, and weight loss. His medical history included immunoglobulin A deficiency, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and splenectomy. He was febrile, had epigastric tenderness, and a 6-cm hepatomegaly (previously present and investigated). Blood tests revealed a normochromic normocytic anemia and increased inflammatory markers. Radiologic studies only revealed hepatomegaly (no increase in size). A biopsy examination of the hepatomegaly showed sinusoidal dilatation (previously present in 1991). Human immunodeficiency virus testing was negative. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/120466 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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