virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome

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vi·rus-·as·so·ci·at·ed he·mo·phag·o·cyt·ic syn·drome

a syndrome closely resembling malignant histiocytosis but potentially reversible, following a herpes group virus infection such as by the Epstein-Barr virus.

vi·rus-·as·so·ci·at·ed he·mo·phag·o·cyt·ic syn·drome

a syndrome closely resembling malignant histiocytosis but potentially reversible, following a herpes group virus infection such as by the Epstein-Barr virus.

virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome

A hemophagocytotic condition seen in immunocompromised–♂:♀ ratio, 1:1 and in non-immunocompromised–♂:♀ ratio, 4:1 subjects, often in a background of DNA virus–eg, CMV, EBV, herpesviruses, and adenovirus and rubella infections; VAHS may accompany brucellosis, candidiasis, leishmaniasis, TB, salmonellosis, GVHD, hemolytic anemia Clinical Hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, pulmonary infiltrates, pancytopenia–with a depleted BM, skin rash DiffDx Lymphoma, malignant histiocytosis, sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, lymphomatoid granulomatosis.

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