Unsuspected peritoneal leishmaniasis in an HIV-positive woman with ovarian cancer [1]

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 583-584

  Jain, Shyama ^a   Sharma, Prashant ^a   Gupta, Ruchika ^a   Kumar, Neeta ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; Leishmaniasis, visceral; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GIEMSA STAIN; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL LEISHMANIASIS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 3242719623     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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