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- Title
Prolonged Fever, Hepatosplenomegaly, and Pancytopenia in a 46-Year-Old Woman.
- Authors
Levy, Liran; Nasereddin, Abedelmajeed; Rav-Acha, Moshe; Kedmi, Meirav; Rund, Deborah; Gatt, Moshe E.
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 46-year-old woman who was hospitalized due to prolonged high-grade fever, night sweats and weight loss. Her diagnostic findings include enlarged liver and spleen, edema, pancytopenia and hemophagocytosis, and she was diagnosed with hemophagocytic syndrome. She underwent empiric treatment with high-dose immunoglobulin, dexamethasone and cyclosporin A, resulting to substantial improvement. Details on hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) are also included.
- Subjects
PHAGOCYTOSIS; BLOOD cells; LIVER diseases; SPLEEN diseases; FEVER; EDEMA; DISEASES
- Publication
PLoS Medicine, 2009, Vol 6, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1549-1277
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1000053