Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Parasitology 1735-7020 13 1 2018 03 14 145 148 Moslem SEDAGHATTALAB Dept. of Internal Medicine, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran Arsalan AZIZI Dept. of Pathology, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran 2018 03 14 2018 03 14 Leishmaniasis, as a vector-borne disease, is transmitted by sandfly and caused by Leishmania protozoa. Brain involvement rarely occurs in visceral leishmaniasis. In this paper, a rare case of pons involvement by visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is reported. A 54 yr old man from Southwest of Iran (Yasuj) presented to the Emergency Ward with a 3-wk history of headache (continuous, throbbing, and general), fever, chills, weakness, anorexia, and weight loss. https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/2056 https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/2056/818