Postpartum fevers, a rare presentation of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease of excessive immune system activation. We report a case of HLH in a 20‐year‐old primigravid woman who presented with postpartum fevers. She was successfully treated with dexamethasone and anakinra, a deviation from the HLH‐94 protocol, to pr...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jacqueline, Pham, Brian, Karanjawala, Zarir E., Adesina, Oyebimpe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10023518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7070
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author Lee, Jacqueline
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Karanjawala, Zarir E.
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description Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease of excessive immune system activation. We report a case of HLH in a 20‐year‐old primigravid woman who presented with postpartum fevers. She was successfully treated with dexamethasone and anakinra, a deviation from the HLH‐94 protocol, to preserve her ability to breastfeed.
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spelling pubmed-100235182023-03-19 Postpartum fevers, a rare presentation of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis Lee, Jacqueline Pham, Brian Karanjawala, Zarir E. Adesina, Oyebimpe Clin Case Rep Case Report Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease of excessive immune system activation. We report a case of HLH in a 20‐year‐old primigravid woman who presented with postpartum fevers. She was successfully treated with dexamethasone and anakinra, a deviation from the HLH‐94 protocol, to preserve her ability to breastfeed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10023518/ /pubmed/36941837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.7070 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title_fullStr Postpartum fevers, a rare presentation of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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title_sort postpartum fevers, a rare presentation of secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
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