Acute liver failure and severe hemophagocytosis secondary to parvovirus B19 infection.
Parvovirus infection presenting as severe hemophagocytosis is extremely rare. We report a 13-year-old girl with acute parvovirus infection who had severe hemophagocytosis resulting in severe pancytopenia and hepatic failure.
Dutta
Usha
U
Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India. ushad@satyam.net.in
Mittal
Sahil
S
Ratho
Radha Kanta
RK
Das
Ashim
A
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human