Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome, characterized clinically by fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia, and high ferritin. Infectious causes have been associated with secondary HLH, with viruses being the most common. We report a case of Mycobacterium avium complex...

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Autores principales: Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed A. R., Alraies, M. Chadi, Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid, Hsi, Eric D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/291518
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author Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed A. R.
Alraies, M. Chadi
Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid
Hsi, Eric D.
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description Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome, characterized clinically by fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia, and high ferritin. Infectious causes have been associated with secondary HLH, with viruses being the most common. We report a case of Mycobacterium avium complex-associated HLH in a sickle cell anemia patient. To the best of our knowledge, this association has never been reported in sickle cell anemia.
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spelling pubmed-36704682013-06-12 Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed A. R. Alraies, M. Chadi Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid Hsi, Eric D. Case Rep Hematol Case Report Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare hyperinflammatory syndrome, characterized clinically by fever, splenomegaly, cytopenia, and high ferritin. Infectious causes have been associated with secondary HLH, with viruses being the most common. We report a case of Mycobacterium avium complex-associated HLH in a sickle cell anemia patient. To the best of our knowledge, this association has never been reported in sickle cell anemia. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3670468/ /pubmed/23762672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/291518 Text en Copyright © 2013 Mohammed A. R. Chamsi-Pasha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chamsi-Pasha, Mohammed A. R.
Alraies, M. Chadi
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Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title_full Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title_fullStr Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title_short Mycobacterium avium Complex-Associated Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in a Sickle Cell Patient: An Unusual Fatal Association
title_sort mycobacterium avium complex-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a sickle cell patient: an unusual fatal association
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762672
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/291518
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