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*Jaundice.
*Jaundice.


Associations:
==Classification==
*HIV/AIDS.
Classified by etiology:<ref name=pmid20383897>{{cite journal |author=Gupta S, Weitzman S |title=Primary and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: clinical features, pathogenesis and therapy |journal=Expert Rev Clin Immunol |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=137–54 |year=2010 |month=January |pmid=20383897 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*EBV.
#Primary, i.e. inherited.
#Secondary:
#*Infection, e.g. EBV, HIV.  
#*Malignancy.
#*Rheumatologic condition.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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**Leukocytes.
**Leukocytes.
**Platelets.
**Platelets.
Images: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Haemophagocytic_lymphohistiocytosis_Bone_marrow.JPG HLH (WC)].


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 21:21, 13 August 2010

Hemophagocytic syndrome, also known as hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, is a rare condition often associated with viral infections.

Clinical

Features:[1]

  • Fever.
  • Splenomegaly.
  • Jaundice.

Classification

Classified by etiology:[2]

  1. Primary, i.e. inherited.
  2. Secondary:
    • Infection, e.g. EBV, HIV.
    • Malignancy.
    • Rheumatologic condition.

Microscopic

Features:[1]

  • Macrophages with phagocytosed:
    • Erythrocytes.
    • Leukocytes.
    • Platelets.

Images: HLH (WC).

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fisman DN (2000). "Hemophagocytic syndromes and infection". Emerging Infect. Dis. 6 (6): 601–8. PMC 2640913. PMID 11076718. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640913/?tool=pubmed.
  2. Gupta S, Weitzman S (January 2010). "Primary and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: clinical features, pathogenesis and therapy". Expert Rev Clin Immunol 6 (1): 137–54. PMID 20383897.