Visceral Leishmaniasis with Associated Common, Uncommon, and Atypical Morphological Features on Bone Marrow Aspirate Cytology in Nonendemic Region

Table 3

Uncommon hematological and bone marrow findings observed in leishmaniasis.

	Number of cases	Percentage of cases (%)
Peripheral blood smear
Monocytosis	05	18.5
Nucleated RBC	06	22.2
Bone marrow aspirate cytology
Plasma cells with abnormal inclusions	04	14.8
Dysmyelopoiesis	01	3.7
Eosinophilia	04	14.8
Free floating cytoplasm
With LD bodies	01	3.7
Without LD bodies	04	14.8
Intracellular LD bodies in cells other than histiocytes (polymorph, metamyelocyte, and megakaryocyte)	02	7.4
Bone marrow biopsy (total 19 cases)
Necrosis	02	10.5
Granuloma	01	5.2