Role of fine-needle aspiration cytology in the prompt diagnosis of recurrence of visceral leishmaniasis presented as isolated cervical leishmanial lymphadenopathy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-152

  Kumar, Bipin ^a   Verma, Pragya ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

fine needle aspiration cytology; Leishmania donovani bodies; leishmanial lymphadenopathy; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LEISHMANIAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CYTOPLASM; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MACROPHAGES; NECK; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872595078     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21747     Document Type: Article

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