[Visceral leishmaniasis in an immunocompetent subject, acquired in the Pyrenees region].

INTRODUCTION

Visceral leishmaniasis can develop in immunocompetent subjects exposed to a risk of infestation during physical activities outdoors.

CASE

A 35-year-old woman was hospitalized for impaired health status with fever, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancytopenia, which worsened during her stay. Leishmaniasis was finally diagnosed, based on serologic testing and the finding of Leishmania infantum in the sternal aspiration. Eight months earlier, she had spent two weeks at a lake in the Pyrenees. Treatment with meglumine antimoniate was efficacious.

COMMENTS

This case is original because of the extent of the organomegaly and its onset after vacation in an area far from those where it is thought to be endemic.