Intraretinal hemorrhage associated with visceral leishmaniasis

• Autor(a) principal: Aragão,Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos de
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Barreira,Ieda Maria A., Pereira,Leidiane Alexandre, Arrais,Barbara Lorena A., Oliveira Neto,Francisco Holanda, Almeida,Everton Fernandes Vieira de, Machado,André Jucá
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802015000600393
• topic: Leishmaniasis, visceral; Retina; Macula lutea; Pancytopenia; Retinal hemorrhage

ABSTRACT Visceral Leishmaniasis, also know as Kala-azar, is a parasitic tropical disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania donovani. It is an endemic disease in many countries. It affects approximately 1,5 million people every year, and when associated with mal-nutrition and co-infection it may be fatal. Fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia is its typical clinical picture. Ocular manifestations of Kalaazar are relatively rare and can affect either anterior or posterior segment of the eye. We report a patient with kala-azar presenting intraretinal hemorrhages that regress completely after the successful treatment for visceral leishmaniasis.