Clinical Study
Visceral Leishmaniasis with Associated Common, Uncommon, and Atypical Morphological Features on Bone Marrow Aspirate Cytology in Nonendemic Region
Table 2
Common hematological and bone marrow findings observed in leishmaniasis.
| | Number of cases | Percentage of cases (%) |
| Peripheral blood smear | | | Pancytopenia | 26 | 96.2 | Anemia | 27 | 100 | Leucopenia | 26 | 96.2 | Thrombocytopenia | 26 | 96.2 | Others (agglutination, fragmented RBC, or Rouleaux formation) | 25 | 92.5 | Bone marrow aspirate cytology | | | Increased histiocytes | 27 | 100 | Plasmacytosis | 26 | 96.2 | Erythroid hyperplasia | 22 | 81.4 | Distribution of LD bodies | | | Intrahistiocytic only | 00 | 00 | Extrahistiocytic only | 01 | 3.7 | Mixed | 26 | 96.2 | Hemophagocytosis (mild to moderate) | 19 | 70.3 | Average parasite density (1-2+) | 24 | 88.8 | Bone marrow biopsy (total 19 cases) | | | Increased cellularity | 05 | 26 | Increased vascularity | 06 | 31.5 |
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