Year : 2021, Volume : 10, Issue : 4

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From multiple myeloma to leishmaniasis: The cause is fever!

Serhat Sayin, Metin Bagci, Serdar Ugras, Abdulkadir Basturk

DOI: 10.5455/medscience.2021.01.024 · Page: 1540-1 · 66 Views · 3 Downloads · 0 Citations

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease that constitutes a major public health problem. Leishmaniasis presents with various clinical manifestations, from skin involvement to life-threatening visceral disease. Fever of unknown origin should be considered in the differential diagnosis. In this case, we describe a patient referred with a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, but ultimately diagnosed with leishmaniasis based on our evaluation, to draw attention to this disease.

Keywords : Fever; leishmaniasis; hypergammaglobulinemia; hepatosplenomegaly

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