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Liver-Spleen Scintiscan in Kala-Azar: Case Report

National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland^*

Correspondence: For reprints contact: LCDR Alfred L. Moniot, Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Naval Regional Medical Center, San Diego, Calif. 92134.

ABSTRACT

Massive splenomegaly was found in a liver-spleen scan in a young man from Greece. Kala-azar was suggested as a possible cause and was confirmed by culturing Leishmania donovani from the bone marrow aspirate. The differential diagnosis of massive splenomegaly should include kala-azar when a patient has been in an endemic area.

FOOTNOTES

^* The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Navy Department or the naval service at large.