[Leish-l] Leishmaniasis and Lymphoma

[Sayan Chowdhury]

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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:30 AM, <hgoto at usp.br> wrote:

> Dear Igor,
> With or without symptoms, if the presence of Leishmania is actually
> confirmed we would treat leishm aniasis since the reactivation is likely
> with the progression of the lymphoma. We would treat leishmaniasis before
> chemotherapy for lymphoma, if possible.
> Regards,
> Hiro
>
>
> Profa. Dra. Hiro Goto
> Laboratório de Soroepidemiologia e Imunobiologia
> Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, USP
> Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 470, prédio II, quarto andar
> 05403-000 - São Paulo, SP
> Tel. +55-11-3061 7023, 3061 7056 ou 3061 7027
> Fax. +55-11-3061-8270
>
> ----- Igor Thiago Queiroz <igorthiago at usp.br> escreveu:
>
> >
> Dear all.
> We have an adult male patient, which presented some symptoms like fever,
> malaise, abdominal pain and weight loss for 15 days, and fever has
> disappeared posteriorly.
> On physical exam he presented mild splenomegaly. Bone marrow aspirate
> showed some Leishmania sp.
> However, we decided not to treat this patient because he was symptomless
> after few days of hospitalization and he was discharged.
> Some days later, we received bone marrow immunophenotyping compatible
> with Lymphoma.
> What should we do now? Treat this patient for leishmaniasis before therapy
> for cancer? With Ambisome? Or should we expect the patient has some
> leishmaniasis symptoms before specific treatment?
>
>
> Abraços,
>
> *Prof. Dr. Igor Thiago* Borges de *Queiroz* e Silva
> Infectologista do Hospital Giselda Trigueiro - SESAP - Natal/RN
> Professor de Infectologia da Universidade Potiguar (UnP) | Laureate
> International Universities
> igorthiago at usp.br
> igorthiago at hotmail.com
> +55 (84) 9608-7999
>
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