A case of

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العنوان: A case of
المؤلفون: I, Zaghi, L, Ielasi, B, Stagni, A, Cascavilla, S, Ferri, V, Ambrosini, M, Riefolo, S, Varani
المصدر: Acta clinica Belgica.
سنة النشر: 2022
الوصف: We report the case of a 59 year-old woman with persistent nausea, hyporexia, fatigue and mild abdominal discomfort. The patient was hospitalized upon suspicion of malignancy due to multiple hepatic and splenic nodules found on an abdominal ultrasound. Hypercalcemia emerged at initial diagnostic workup, which was considered secondary to iatrogenic vitamin D intoxication. After an adequate management of hypercalcemia and normalization of serum calcium level, all symptoms presented by the patient completely regressed. In order to characterize splanchnic lesions, several biochemistry, microbiology and radiological tests were performed, including two bioptic specimens of a focal hepatic lesion. Eventually, a diagnosis of leishmanial infection was made. The patient started a specific anti-leishmanial treatment, and the focal hepatic and splenic lesions progressively disappeared.To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of asymptomatic leishmanial infection with a widespread focal splanchnic involvement. The anti-inflammatory effect of vitamin D could be related to this atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis without systemic symptoms.
تدمد: 2295-3337
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::28fc36fbc7b0f83330ac804ad1d9be20
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36373331
رقم الانضمام: edsair.pmid..........28fc36fbc7b0f83330ac804ad1d9be20
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE