difficulties in diagnosis of hemophagocytic lymphohistocytosis: overdiagnosis or underdiagnosis a case report

Difficulties in Diagnosis of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis: Overdiagnosis or Underdiagnosis A Case Report

Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis A Case Report

Autoimmune lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS) is a rare inherited disorder of apoptosis. It usually presents with chronic lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, and symptomatic cytopenia in a child. Herein, we report a 14-year-old boy with symptoms misdiagnosed as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis who was treated before ALPS was diagnosed for the patient. This case should alert pediatricians to consi...

Underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of asthma in the morbidly obese.

BACKGROUND The prevalence of obesity and asthma has increased concurrently over the last decades, suggesting a link between obesity and asthma. However, asthma might not be adequately diagnosed in this population. AIM To investigate whether not only overdiagnosis but also underdiagnosis of asthma is present in an obese population. METHODS Morbidly obese subjects with or without physician-di...

Hemophagocytic syndrome in pregnancy: case report, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis

Diagnosis of hemophagocytic syndrome remains a challenge in particular during pregnancy. Concomitant presence of clinical and biological signs, for example, fever, pancytopenia, hyperferritinemia, and hypertriglyceridemia, should alert clinicians to suspect HPS and proceed to prompt treatments.

hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a neonate: case report

hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hlh) is a syndrome of pathologic immune activation, occurring as either a familial disorder or a sporadic condition, in association with a variety of triggers. this article will introduce a neonate with hlh in iran. we report a case of hlh presenting with respiratory distress and fever, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and pancytopenia on the second day of life. ...

Difficulties in the diagnosis and management of alveolar hydatid disease: A case series

Background: Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic, rare and sometimes lethal parasitic infection in humans, caused by the larval stage of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. This study aimed to investigate the clinical aspects and treatment outcomes of patients with alveolar hydatid disease. Methods: The medical records of patients with alveolar echinococcosis admitted between ...