Report of an atypical case of leishmaniasis presented as acute tonsillitis in an immunocompetent patient

Visceral leishmaniasis typically presents with symptoms such as fever, enlargement of the spleen and the liver, hypergammaglobulinaemia and infection of the bone marrow resulting in anaemia and leukopenia. The disease is sporadic in the countries of the Mediterranean basin. We report an unusual case...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 37; no. 11-12; pp. 916 - 918
Main Authors:	Kouyialis, Sofoclis, Archontakis, Stefanos, Bilinis, Charalambos, Nikolaou, Stavriani, Stavropoulou, Evgenia, Samaras, Charilaos, Sarafoglou, Christos, Nicolaou, Irene, Parasi, Aikaterini, Minadaki, Maria
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis 01-01-2005
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Summary:	Visceral leishmaniasis typically presents with symptoms such as fever, enlargement of the spleen and the liver, hypergammaglobulinaemia and infection of the bone marrow resulting in anaemia and leukopenia. The disease is sporadic in the countries of the Mediterranean basin. We report an unusual case of acute tonsillitis due to tonsillar leishmaniasis, in an immunocompetent 34-y-old male patient. Diagnosis was confirmed by serological tests and histopathological examination following biopsy of the right tonsil. The patient was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin-B.
ISSN:	0036-5548 1651-1980
DOI:	10.1080/00365540500262609