title: Sea-blue histiocyte syndrome in bone marrow secondary to total parenteral nutrition.
abstract: Clinical and hematological abnormalities can occur in patients receiving intravenous fat emulsions as part of a long-term parenteral nutrition; they consist of hepatosplenomegaly and peripheral blood cytopenia(s). These abnormalities lead to bone marrow examination which revealed numerous macrophages laden with blue staining pigment granules and separate lipid vacuoles, presenting the typical histochemical characteristics of sea-blue histiocytes. Thus, long-term parenteral nutrition including fat-emulsion sources may represent a further condition in addition to the wide variety of disorders which can be associated with sea-blue histiocytosis. Moreover, in view of its clinical and morphological presentation, this storage pathological state could be compared with the so-called sea-blue histiocyte syndrome described by Silverstein and colleagues.
authors.affiliation: Service Central Jacques Delarue d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bigorgne
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Tourneau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vahedi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Messing
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Audouin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Diebold
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001855:Bone Marrow Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005223:Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012618:Sea-Blue Histiocyte Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D005223:Fats