Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

LEISHMAN-DONOVAN (LD) BODIES IN BONE MARROW ASPIRATION: A CASE REPORT

Dr. Swati Singh, Dr. Vinay Kumar

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Leishmaniasis is endemic in India and may simulate and cause many hematological disorders like pancytopenia, myelofiosis, myelodysplasia and hemophagocytosis. This case report investigates the hematological manifestation of Leishmaniasis and associated changes that may be observed in bone marrow aspirate smears which may warn a pathologist of possible infections..Hyper cellular marrow, increased lymphocytes and plasma cells, marrow granulomas, hemophagocytosis, myelofiosis, myelodysplasia and gelatinous transformation of the marrow were notable features the presence of which together or individually should caution a pathologist to search for Leishman Donovan (LD) bodies in patients especially in a non-endemic zone in a tropical country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>