Leishmanial lymphadenopathy in a native patient from the nonendemic region of Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

A case of leishmanial lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent native from a nonendemic area of the Ravi River valley area (altitude 996 m above the mean sea level) of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India, is reported. Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by demonstration of Leishman–Donovan bodies in lymph nodes by fine-needle aspiration cytology has been rarely reported.

Keywords

• kala-azar
• lymph node
• nonendemic region