Pancytopenia with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in

hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis malaria pancytopenia

Journal

Tropical parasitology
ISSN: 2229-5070
Titre abrégé: Trop Parasitol
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101580198

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
received: 31 03 2020
accepted: 30 09 2020
entrez: 1 7 2021
pubmed: 2 7 2021
medline: 2 7 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Hematological manifestations such as anemia and thrombocytopenia are known complications in malaria. Here, we report two cases presented as pancytopenia with hepatosplenomegaly and initial diagnosis kept as hematological malignancy like leukemia but later on its diagnosed as malaria-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis which is a rare entity. The aim of this report is to draw the attention of physicians, especially in tropical countries such as India and Sub-Saharan nations to keep in mind this uncommon presentation of malaria, though the exact pathophysiological mechanism still remains obscure.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34195061
doi: 10.4103/tp.TP_34_20
pii: TP-11-46
pmc: PMC8213119
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

46-48

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Tropical Parasitology.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Shewta Chaudhry (S)

Cell Biology Laboratory and Malaria Parasite Bank, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.

Aditi Arya (A)

Cell Biology Laboratory and Malaria Parasite Bank, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.

Monika Matlani (M)

Department of Microbiology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Vineeta Singh (V)

Cell Biology Laboratory and Malaria Parasite Bank, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, India.

Shyam Sundar Meena (SS)

Department of Pediatrics, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.

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