title: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a rare cause of pancytopenia.
abstract: A 36-year-old man with fever and pancytopenia due to Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis is reported. The patient was started on the HLH-94 based treatment. Two weeks after the initiation of therapy the patient's pancytopenia had resolved and he was discharged to complete treatment as an outpatient. The initial clinical presentation, diagnostic criteria, pathophysiology and treatment will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA. robert.king@haw.tamc.amedd.army.mil
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Glenn G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Preston
authors.forename: Jeffrey L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Berenberg
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Francis M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gress
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis