Haemophagocytosis in dengue haemorrhagic fever: a case report.
Virus associated haemophagocytic syndrome (VAHS), a distinct clinico-pathologic entity, is characterised by systemic proliferation of non-neoplastic histotiocytes showing haemophagocytosis resulting in blood cytopaenia. It has been described in relation to several viruses earlier. Here we describe a young girl who developed this reactive process during the course of dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Ramanathan
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General Hospital, Malacca, Malaysia.
Duraisamy
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D000328:Adult; D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D054747:Histiocytic Sarcoma / Q000209:etiology; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010587:Phagocytosis