IMAGES IN CLINICAL HEMATOLOGY

 

Bone marrow cytomorphological changes in patients co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and human immunodeficiency virus

 

 

Alana Jocelina Montenegro de Castro^I; Romelia Pinheiro Gonçalves^II; Maria Helena da Silva Pitombeira^III

^IPathology Department, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
^IIDepartment of Clinical Analysis and Toxicology, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
^IIIDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

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ABSTRACT

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe systemic infectious disease.⁽¹⁾ It has been recognized as an opportunistic disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).^(2,3) The analysis of the bone marrow of patients co-infected with VL and HIV showed dysplasia of erythroid, granulocytic and megakaryocytic lineages (Figure 1), besides the presence of plasmacytosis, cytoplasmic bodies, hemophagocytosis, granuloma and intracellular and extracellular leishmania amastigotes (Figure 2). These findings are found in the analysis of bone marrow of patients co-infected with HIV and VL; knowledge of these findings may be useful for the diagnosis and prognosis of patients.

Keywords: HIV infections; Bone marrow examination; Leishmaniasis, visceral; AIDS-related opportunistic infections

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References

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3. Alexandrino-de-Oliveira P, Santos-Oliveira JR, Dorval ME, Da-Costa FC, Pereira GR, da Cunha RV, et al. HIV/AIDS-associated visceral leishmaniasis in patients from an endemic area in Central-west Brazil. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2010;105(5):692-7.         [ Links ]

 

 

Corresponding author:
Romelia Pinheiro Gonçalves
Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Universidade Federal do Ceará - UFC
Rua Capitão Francisco Pedro 1210
Rodolfo Teófilo
60430-370 - Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
romelia.pinheiro@pq.cnpq.br

Submitted: 10/18/2011
Accepted: 10/21/2011
Conflict-of-interest disclosure: The authors declare no competing financial interest

 

 

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