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Visceral leishmaniasis in two cases of leukemia
Shatrughan Prasad Sah1, Suman Rijal, Punam Prasad Bhadani
1Department of Pathology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. sah_sp@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), one in a 51-year-old man with accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemia and another in a 35-year-old woman with acute myeloblastic leukemia, are reported. Incidental finding of Leishman-Donovan (LD) bodies in patients with leukemia highlights VL as a potent opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed patients.