Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in Visceral Leishmaniasis

oleh: Surinder Singh Rana, Nalini Gupta, Ravi Sharma, Pankaj Kumar

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-08-01

Deskripsi

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) usually presents with malaise, fever, weight loss, and hepatosplenomegaly. Lymphadenopathy is rarely reported in patients with VL from India. We report an interesting case of VL, presenting with malaise, fever and weight loss along with isolated mediastinal lymphadenopathy and mimicked tuberculosis. Absence of spleen because of previous splenectomy for symptomatic portal hypertension led to difficulty in establishing the correct diagnosis that was eventually established by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided fine-needle aspiration (FNA).