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Leishmania lymphadenitis diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy
Author(s) -
Tallada Natàlia,
Raventós Antoni,
Martinez Salomé,
Compañó Carme,
Almirante Benito
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.2840090614
Subject(s) - fine needle aspiration , epithelioid cell , medicine , giant cell , cytopathology , pathology , adenitis , biopsy , lymph node , histiocyte , differential diagnosis , cytology , immunohistochemistry
A case of Leishmania lymphadenitis which presented clinically as an isolated left laterocervical lymph node is described. Diagnosis was made by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB), as in other cases previously reported. The material obtained yielded abundant histiocytes, multinucleated giant cells, and epithelioid micro‐granulomas with Leishman‐Donovan pathognomic bodies in the cytoplasm of cells, together with free forms of the parasite. This paper comments on the main differential diagnoses to be considered in our region when faced with granulomatous adenitis and the role of FNAB in the identification of this parasite in endemic areas.