Open AccessA rare case of visceral leishmaniasis misdiagnosed as systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Zheng Mai,
Liu Shuang,
Wang Xiangyu,
Li XingJun,
Wang Nan,
Guo Yulong,
Yang Jingyi,
Upreti Bibhuti,
Cui Ruomei,
Xu Jian
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rheumatology and autoimmunity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2767-1429
pISSN - 2767-1410
DOI - 10.1002/rai2.12008
Subject(s) - visceral leishmaniasis , pancytopenia , medicine , leishmaniasis , dermatology , disease , immunology , leishmania donovani , systemic lupus , autoantibody , systemic lupus erythematosus , infectious disease (medical specialty) , systemic disease , lupus erythematosus , pathology , antibody , bone marrow
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an infectious disease caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by sandflies. It can be life‐threatening if not treated. Common clinical features of VL include recurrent fever, pancytopenia, splenomegaly, and a variety of positive autoantibodies, which can lead to a misdiagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the case of a 25‐year‐old woman with VL misdiagnosed as SLE to add to the existing literature on this subject.