Hemophagocytic syndrome in a child with severe Crohn's disease and familial Mediterranean fever

Uslu N., DEMİR H., BALTA G., Saltik-Temizel İ. N., ÖZEN H., Gurakan F., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS, cilt.4, sa.3, ss.341-344, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.crohns.2009.12.005
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF CROHNS & COLITIS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.341-344
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare, potentially fatal, severe condition of hyperinflammation caused by the uncontrolled proliferation of activated lymphocytes and histiocytes secreting high amounts of inflammatory cytokines. Here we report a fatal hemophagocytic syndrome in a 11-year-old boy with a diagnosis of both Crohn's disease receiving immunosuppressive therapy and familial Mediterrenean fever. It is important to evaluate the patients with inflammatory bowel disease receiving immunosuppressive therapy presenting with unexplained fever, cytopenia, progression of organomegaly and biochemical changes for the investigation of HLH for diagnosis and treatment. (C) 2009 European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.