Visceral leishmaniasis causes hepatosplenomegaly and most importantly, pancytopenia. It is often found in people who visit the Middle East and is transmitted by the Sandfly. Why did NBME put 2 Leishmania questions on this form lol
underd0gHow do you differentiate leishmaniasis vs malaria? I picked malaria because I thought, no way leishmaniasis is on here twice. But doesn't malaria also cause splenomegaly, fever and abdominal pain? is the key differentiator PANcytopenia?+
faus305@underd0g, correct no Pancytopenia in malaria. But also malaria probably would've said the patient was in Africa.+1
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Visceral leishmaniasis causes hepatosplenomegaly and most importantly, pancytopenia. It is often found in people who visit the Middle East and is transmitted by the Sandfly. Why did NBME put 2 Leishmania questions on this form lol