Jaundice in Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) Patients

Authors

  • AKM Mamunur Rashid Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
  • Abdulla Al Mamun Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
  • CH Rasul Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
  • Md Afrafuzzaman Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
  • Mukter Hossain Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Khulna Medical College, Khulna.
  • Md Mujibur Rahman Professor, Department of Medicine, Begum Khaleda Zia Medical College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v8i1.1374

Keywords:

Kala-azar

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) is endemic in many countries including Bangladesh. Clinical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis in children and adult may vary and at time may simulate many tropical and hepatobilliary diseases. Jaundice and ascites is not common in some patients. In this series of eleven cases Jaundice, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly and ascites are present in 55%, 100%, 91%, 27% of cases respectively. So, Kala-azar should be kept in mind while dealing with cases of many such clinical findings.  

DOI = 10.3329/jom.v8i1.1374

J MEDICINE 2007; 8 : 14-16

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Rashid, A. M., Mamun, A. A., Rasul, C., Afrafuzzaman, M., Hossain, M., & Rahman, M. M. (2008). Jaundice in Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) Patients. Journal of Medicine, 8(1), 14–16. https://doi.org/10.3329/jom.v8i1.1374

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2007)

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