Visceral leishmaniasis: a case report.

Abstract

Visceral leishmaniasis is diagnosed in a Thai worker returning home from the Middle East. A 39-year-old Thai male who had abdominal swelling, weight loss, hepatosplenomegaly and hyperglobulinemia, was diagnosed by demonstration of organism in liver biopsy and bone marrow aspiration specimen. Amphotericin B was administered in this case.