# A mysterious foe in a case of pancytopenia with splenomegaly: Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in the bone marrow **Authors:** Govind R. Patel, Vikram Singh PMC · DOI: 10.1016/j.htct.2026.106354 · Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy · 2026-03-21 ## Full-text entities - **Diseases:** parasitemia (MESH:D018512), thrombocytopenia (MESH:D013921), P. vivax (MESH:D016780), hematological malignancy (MESH:D019337), erythroid hyperplasia (MESH:D006965), pulmonary edema (MESH:D011654), hepatic dysfunction (MESH:D008107), infectious diseases (MESH:D003141), jaundice (MESH:D007565), fever (MESH:D005334), tumor (MESH:D009369), Pancytopenia (MESH:D010198), acute lung injury (MESH:D055371), PBS (MESH:D016369), multiple-organ dysfunction (MESH:D009102), lymphopenia (MESH:D008231), shock (MESH:D012769), acute kidney injury (MESH:D058186), leucopenia (MESH:C536227), cytomegalovirus (MESH:D003586), febrile (MESH:D000071072), hematological abnormalities (MESH:D006402), acute respiratory distress syndrome (MESH:D012128), neutropenia (MESH:D009503), anemia (MESH:D000740), hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (MESH:D051359), splenic rupture (MESH:D013161), dyserythropoiesis (MESH:C566368), Splenomegaly (MESH:D013163), malaria (MESH:D008288), infection (MESH:D007239) - **Chemicals:** steroid (MESH:D013256), vitamin B12 (MESH:D014805), chloroquine (MESH:D002738), triglyceride (MESH:D014280), primaquine (MESH:D011319), iron (MESH:D007501), PBS (-) - **Species:** Plasmodium falciparum (malaria parasite P. falciparum, species) [taxon 5833], Plasmodium vivax (malaria parasite P. vivax, species) [taxon 5855], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Human immunodeficiency virus (species) [taxon 12721] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13022614/full.md ## Figures 1 figure with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13022614/full.md ## References 9 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13022614/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC13022614