An unusual cause of ascites: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is character-ized by fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hypofibrinogenemia, and hemophago-cytosis. Ascites is not mentioned as a symptom of hemophagocytic syndrome. We report a one month-old girl suffering from familial erythrophagocytic lympho-histiocytosis, who presented with ascites.
Akcam
Mustafa
M
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Akdeniz University School of Medicine, Antalya,Turkey. makcam@sdu.edu.tr
Artan
Reha
R
Yilmaz
Aygen
A
Akkaya
Bahar
B
D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors