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    Arare parasitic infection: visceral leishmaniasis case after gastric cancer treatment
    Yolcu, A; Dirican, A; Ozturk, GG; Cetin, CB; Aydogdu, I
    We present acase of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in apatient with gastric cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy. A69-year-old man with gastric carcinoma had been treated with total gastrectomy, lymphadenectomy and postoperative radiotherapy with chemotherapy. Then 3years after treatment, due to pancytopenia with progressive trombocytopenia and splenomegaly, bone marrow examination was performed and Leishmania spp. amastigotes were diagnosed. When antibiotherapy was completed, splenomegaly was eliminated and the laboratory results became normal. VL should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients, even adults, with splenomegaly, trombocytopenia and ahistory of contact with dogs in endemic countries such as Turkey.