Chediak-Higashi Syndrome in Accelerated Phase Masquerading as Acute Leukemia
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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome in Accelerated Phase Masquerading as Acute Leukemia
We present a 3-year-old female born of a consanguineous marriage with the complaints of high-grade fever, petechial spots, abdominal distension, and lymphadenopathy for 20 days. She had pallor, hypopigmented hairs, petechial rashes, and palpable lymph nodes (up to 1 cm) in the bilateral inguinal and cervical region. Systemic examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly. Her hematological profile was...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Hematology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1300-7777
DOI: 10.4274/tjh.2015.0446