haemophagocytic syndrome

A disease in which the large scavenging cells, the MACROPHAGES or histiocytes, attack blood forming tissues in the bone marrow, causing severe anaemia and bleeding tendency. Some cases are due to infection with herpes viruses, such as the cytomegalovirus and the EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS, and these tend to be very serious.

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Infections associated with haemophagocytic syndrome.

Persistent fever investigation saves patient's life

Clinical features of haemophagocytic syndrome in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases: analysis of 30 cases.

HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS: CASE SERIES IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN

Viral infections associated with haemophagocytic syndrome.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in leprosy

Specific clinical parameters have been identified by Oksenhendler [6] to increase the rate of diagnosing Castleman's disease in HIV-positive individuals, including fever, diffuse lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, severe cytopenia, high serum C-reactive protein levels, elevated HHV-8 DNA levels in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, extreme plasmacytosis in lymph nodes or bone marrow, nasal obstruction, respiratory symptoms, Kaposi's sarcoma lesions, a previous similar episode with spontaneous resolution, positive Coombs' test and haemophagocytic syndrome.

The diagnostic value of lymph node biopsy to detect Castleman's disease

Haemophagocytic syndrome in Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Hemophagocytic syndrome in Plasmodium vivax malaria

A French retrospective study of 58 HIV-positive patients showed that reactive haemophagocytic syndrome was diagnosed in patients with a median [CD4.

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a fulminant syndrome associated with multiorgan failure and high mortality that frequently masquerades as sepsis and shock

Haemophagocytic syndrome is a reactive disorder of the mononuclear phagocytic system, characterised by histiocytic proliferation with marked Haemophagocytosis (3).

Familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: rare cause of acute liver failure in a neonate--a case report

Metastatic involvement with tumors,10 granulomatous diseases,11 storage disorder,12 haemophagocytic syndrome,13 and Leishmaniasis.

The common causes leading to pancytopenia in patients presenting to tertiary care hospital

Influenza A virus-associated encephalopathy with haemophagocytic syndrome.

Fatal influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 encephalopathy in immunocompetent man

Haemophagocytic syndrome may also be suggested by bone marrow examination findings.

Co-incidental finding of pancytopenia

15 Lysosomal storage disorders and haemophagocytic syndromes have been reported to be often diagnosed mainly by bone marrow examination16 in this study Gaucher\'s disease was found in five cases and haemophagocytic syndrome in three cases.

Bone marrow examination of pancytopenic children

Haemotological malignancy, haemophagocytic syndrome, malaria and leishmaniasis were ruled out from the blood smear and bone marrow examination.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease associated with aseptic meningitis: a case report/Aseptik menenjitle birlikte gorulen bir Kikuchi-Fujimoto hastaligi vakasi