Title |
Hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma in a boy with visceral leishmaniasis: a case report
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Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-7-269 |
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Authors |
Deepti Mutreja, Mrinalini Kotru, Mukul Aggarwal, Narender Tejwani, Rahul Kumar Sharma, Hara Prasad Pati |
Abstract |
Hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma is a rare peripheral T-cell lymphoma of cytotoxic T-cell origin with an aggressive clinical course. Chronic immunosuppression has been proposed as a possible pathogenetic mechanism. No association of hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma with visceral leishmaniasis has been described in the past. We describe a case of an adolescent boy with hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma with leukemic presentation, who was diagnosed to have visceral leishmaniasis, 9 months prior to presentation at our center. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of hepatosplenic gamma delta T-cell lymphoma with a prior history of visceral leishmaniasis in the medical literature. |
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