ABSTRACT
Patients with AIDS have become more and more prevalent. Therefore, the onset of diseases that coexist with this condition must be studied in order to establish proper diagnosis and treatment. We report a case of a patient who reported with loss of strength in the lower limbs and a progressive worsening in his clinical picture. He was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukaemia, an unusual form of association with the AIDS condition. Despite the diagnosis, he evolved into pulmonary sepsis and so staging and chemotherapy treatment could not be performed.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/complications , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/complications , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/diagnosisABSTRACT
Malaria is a disease that hits the northern part of Brazil in an endemic form. Recorded cases outside this region are unusual and, in most cases, limited to travellers. The southeast of Brazil has an extensive wilderness area with a type of vegetation similar to the one found in the equatorial rainforest. We present the case of a patient living in the southeast, with no reported travel history, who evolved to periodic fever, associated with myalgia and chills. With the positive test result for Plasmodium, the treatment for malaria was started. This case enabled the study in the Anopheles mosquito affected area, where the patient reported infection, outside the Amazon region.
