Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Yijun Nie
    • Zhanglin Zhang
    • Hong Wu
    • Lagen Wan
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  • Published online on: March 20, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4241
  • Pages: 2480-2482
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Abstract

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), also termed hemophagocytic syndrome, is a severe, life-threatening inflammatory condition that results from an excessive, prolonged and ineffective immune response. The syndrome occurs due to overactive macrophages from the bone marrow or lymph tissue that phagocytose erythrocytes leukocytes and platelets. HLH in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection has rarely been studied. The present case study described an uncommon case of this syndrome in combination with human immunodeficiency virus infection in a patient, who eventually succumbed to severe infection and multiple organ failure following the refusal of medical treatment.
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Nie Y, Zhang Z, Wu H and Wan L: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report. Exp Ther Med 13: 2480-2482, 2017
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Nie, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, H., & Wan, L. (2017). Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 13, 2480-2482. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4241
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Nie, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, H., Wan, L."Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 13.5 (2017): 2480-2482.
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Nie, Y., Zhang, Z., Wu, H., Wan, L."Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 13, no. 5 (2017): 2480-2482. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2017.4241