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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan-Jun;8(1):50-52.
doi: 10.4103/tp.TP_61_16. Epub 2018 May 28.

Fine-needle aspiration cytology of leishmanial lymphadenitis in an HIV-reactive patient: Report of a rare case

Subrata Pal  1 , Biswajit Biswas  1
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Fine-needle aspiration cytology of leishmanial lymphadenitis in an HIV-reactive patient: Report of a rare case

Subrata Pal et al. Trop Parasitol. 2018 Jan-Jun.

Abstract

Lymphatic leishmaniasis is a rare parasitic disease even in endemic region. It is usually associated with visceral and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. Leishmaniasis is being increasingly recognized in association with immunodeficient patients (HIV/AIDS). However, leishmanial lymphadenitis has been rarely diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of epitrochlear lymph node in an HIV patient. Cytological features of leishmanial lymphadenitis in an HIV-reactive patient have been rarely addressed in previous literature. We present the FNAC of a case of leishmanial lymphadenitis in epitrochlear lymph node in the case of an HIV-reactive patient with visceral leishmaniasis.

Keywords: Cytology; HIV; leishmaniasis; lymph node.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Cytology of lymph node showing polymorphous population of lymphoid cells, isolated epithelioid cells, and plenty of extra- and intracellular Leishman–Donovan bodies (Leishman and Giemsa stain, high-power view)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cytology of the lymph node revealing intra- and extracellular Leishman–Donovan bodies and macrophages (Leishman and Giemsa, high-power view)
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