Hepatopulmonary syndrome associated with visceral leishmaniasis

Immunol Res. 2015 Feb;61(1-2):169-71. doi: 10.1007/s12026-014-8592-2.

Abstract

Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum is endemic in the Mediterranean region. Its visceral form can present a diagnostic challenge owing to the disease's wide spectrum of clinical presentations. We describe the very atypical case of a 66-year-old male Caucasian patient with hepatopulmonary syndrome and an exceptionally rare expression of visceral leishmaniasis in a disseminated form with mucocutaneous involvement presenting as an autoimmune systemic disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / complications*
  • Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / complications*
  • Leishmaniasis, Visceral / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Mouth Mucosa / pathology