Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso
Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and potentially fatal vector-borne disease. The most typical symptoms are fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, bleeding and bacterial infections. Neurological changes are rarely reported. This paper describes a child who presented with neurological signs as the...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bed9d2adb6f84e61b4d40dc0735f74db 2023-05-15T15:07:29+02:00 Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso Lílian Martins Oliveira Diniz Helena Duani Camila Rodrigues Freitas Rosângela Maria Figueiredo Christovão Castro Xavier 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000600031 https://doaj.org/article/bed9d2adb6f84e61b4d40dc0735f74db EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822010000600031 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86822010000600031 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/bed9d2adb6f84e61b4d40dc0735f74db Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 43, Iss 6, Pp 743-745 (2010) Sintomas neurológicos Leishmaniose visceral Calazar Crianças Neurological symptoms Visceral leishmaniasis Kala-azar Children Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822010000600031 2022-12-30T23:23:31Z Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and potentially fatal vector-borne disease. The most typical symptoms are fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, bleeding and bacterial infections. Neurological changes are rarely reported. This paper describes a child who presented with neurological signs as the first symptoms of leishmaniasis; tone was diminished and tremors in the extremities were observed. A diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis was confirmed by parasite detection in the bone marrow. Symptoms were reversed by specific treatment. The nature of a possible mechanism of neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis remains unexplained. A leishmaniose visceral é uma doença severa e potencialmente fatal transmitida pela picada de flebótomos infectados pelo parasita. Os sintomas mais comuns incluem febre, hepatoesplenomegalia, perda de peso, sangramentos e infecções bacterianas. Alterações neurológicas têm sido raramente descritas nesses pacientes. Descrevemos aqui o caso de uma criança que desenvolveu um quadro de infecção pela Leishmania, tendo como principal sintoma tremor de extremidades. O diagnóstico da doença foi confirmado pela demonstração do parasita no aspirado de medula. Os sintomas foram revertidos pelo tratamento específico. A natureza do possível mecanismo do envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral permanece duvidoso. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Azar ENVELOPE(-63.733,-63.733,-64.983,-64.983) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 43 6 743 745 |
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Sintomas neurológicos Leishmaniose visceral Calazar Crianças Neurological symptoms Visceral leishmaniasis Kala-azar Children Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Lílian Martins Oliveira Diniz Helena Duani Camila Rodrigues Freitas Rosângela Maria Figueiredo Christovão Castro Xavier Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso |
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Visceral leishmaniasis is a severe and potentially fatal vector-borne disease. The most typical symptoms are fever, hepatosplenomegaly, weight loss, bleeding and bacterial infections. Neurological changes are rarely reported. This paper describes a child who presented with neurological signs as the first symptoms of leishmaniasis; tone was diminished and tremors in the extremities were observed. A diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis was confirmed by parasite detection in the bone marrow. Symptoms were reversed by specific treatment. The nature of a possible mechanism of neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis remains unexplained. A leishmaniose visceral é uma doença severa e potencialmente fatal transmitida pela picada de flebótomos infectados pelo parasita. Os sintomas mais comuns incluem febre, hepatoesplenomegalia, perda de peso, sangramentos e infecções bacterianas. Alterações neurológicas têm sido raramente descritas nesses pacientes. Descrevemos aqui o caso de uma criança que desenvolveu um quadro de infecção pela Leishmania, tendo como principal sintoma tremor de extremidades. O diagnóstico da doença foi confirmado pela demonstração do parasita no aspirado de medula. Os sintomas foram revertidos pelo tratamento específico. A natureza do possível mecanismo do envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral permanece duvidoso. |
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Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso |
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Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso |
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Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso |
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Neurological involvement in visceral leishmaniasis: case report Envolvimento neurológico na leishmaniose visceral: relato de caso |
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