Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an aggressive inflammatory syndrome that results from inappropriate activation of the immune system. HLH has a high mortality if not treated. We describe a case of a fulminant HLH, associated with a reactivation of an EBV infection. The patient responded w...

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Autores principales: Antonodimitrakis, Pantelis, Wassberg, Cecilia, Gerovasileiou, Spyridon, Back, Johan, Hällgren, Roger, Olsen, Björn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2013
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Case Report from Uppsala University Hospital
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23398237
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2012.744122
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author Antonodimitrakis, Pantelis
Wassberg, Cecilia
Gerovasileiou, Spyridon
Back, Johan
Hällgren, Roger
Olsen, Björn
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description Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an aggressive inflammatory syndrome that results from inappropriate activation of the immune system. HLH has a high mortality if not treated. We describe a case of a fulminant HLH, associated with a reactivation of an EBV infection. The patient responded well to steroid treatment.
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spelling pubmed-35726702013-03-15 Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report Antonodimitrakis, Pantelis Wassberg, Cecilia Gerovasileiou, Spyridon Back, Johan Hällgren, Roger Olsen, Björn Ups J Med Sci Case Report from Uppsala University Hospital Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an aggressive inflammatory syndrome that results from inappropriate activation of the immune system. HLH has a high mortality if not treated. We describe a case of a fulminant HLH, associated with a reactivation of an EBV infection. The patient responded well to steroid treatment. Informa Healthcare 2013-03 2013-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3572670/ /pubmed/23398237 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/03009734.2012.744122 Text en © Informa Healthcare http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited.
spellingShingle Case Report from Uppsala University Hospital
Antonodimitrakis, Pantelis
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Back, Johan
Hällgren, Roger
Olsen, Björn
Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title_full Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title_fullStr Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title_short Fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated EBV infection: A case report
title_sort fulminant hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to a reactivated ebv infection: a case report
topic Case Report from Uppsala University Hospital
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3572670/
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