Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome

نویسندگان
Khalilzadeh, Soheila ID 1
Fard, Elaheh Heydarian ID 2
Dorudinia, Atosa ID 3
Velayati, Ali Akabr ID 4
Hassanzad, Maryam ID 5

1 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran.

2 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran.

3 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran.

4 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran.

5 Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Iran.

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چکیده

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic infection of the reticuloendotherlial system, is caused by a parasitic infection. The co-occurrence of VL and hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) has been previously reported in several studies. In this report we present two cases of HPS and VL among members of the same family.

کلیدواژه‌ها
Visceral leishmaniasis, Hemophagocytosis, Endemic, Bone marrow aspiration