A rare cause of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: systemic loxoscelism

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a rare cause of pancytopenia.

A 36-year-old man with fever and pancytopenia due to Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis is reported. The patient was started on the HLH-94 based treatment. Two weeks after the initiation of therapy the patient's pancytopenia had resolved and he was discharged to complete treatment as an outpatient. The initial clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology and treatment will be dis...

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to histoplasmosis

Measles and Secondary Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

To the Editor: We found interesting the article by Lupo et al. about a case of fatal measles in an immunocompetent 29-yearold woman (Fatal measles without rash in immunocompetent adult, France; http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/ eid1803.111300). Perhaps, however, the possible diagnosis of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) should also have been considered in that setting. HLH is a poten...

An unusual cause of ascites: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is character-ized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia, and hemophago-cytosis. Ascites is not mentioned as a symptom of hemophagocytic syndrome. We report a one month-old girl suffering from familial erythrophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis, who presented with ascites.

A Rare Cause of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis: Fusobacterium Infection—A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare syndrome characterized by excessive activation of the immune system. Bacterial infections are very rare precipitants of this disease. A 19-year-old gentleman presented with headache, fatigue, and malaise. He was found to be hypotensive, tachycardic, and febrile. Broad spectrum antibiotics were initiated, and a lumbar puncture ruled out meningit...