Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 12
Case Report
Colonic leishmaniasis in a patient with HIV: a case report

838-840

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.4038/2015

Estela Soria López, Julián Olalla Sierra, Alfonso del Arco Jiménez, Teresa Pereda Salguero, Cristina Abitei, Javier de la Torre Lima,

Abstract
Background: To describe an unusual clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis affecting the colon. Case report: We report the case of an HIV-positive patient with visceral leishmaniasis. We describe the clinical case, the procedures performed, the treatment provided and the patient’s evolution. A comparative table of previously reported similar cases is shown. Discussion: Visceral leishmaniasis with intestinal involvement is an uncommon process. Nevertheless, this possibility should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of immunosuppressed patients with symptoms of diarrhea, as a favorable prognosis depends on early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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Soria López E, Olalla Sierra J, del Arco Jiménez A, Pereda Salguero T, Abitei C, de la Torre Lima J, et all. Colonic leishmaniasis in a patient with HIV: a case report. 4038/2015


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Publication history

Received: 08/10/2015

Accepted: 23/11/2015

Online First: 22/02/2016

Published: 30/11/2016

Article revision time: 41 days

Article Online First time: 137 days

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