title: Hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to cytomegalovirus infection in an infant.
abstract: Virus associated hemophagocytic syndrome is a non-neoplastic, generalized histiocytic proliferation with prominent hemophagocytosis associated with a systemic viral infection. We report a case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) associated hemophagocytic syndrome in a 2 month old male child presenting with rashes, fever, hepatosplenomegaly, cervical lymphadenopathy and pancytopenia. Fine needle aspiration cytology and biopsy from cervical lymph nodes revealed prominent hemophagocytosis. Serology for CMV IgM was positive in both the mother and the child, suggesting recent infection. Possibly there was intrauterine transmission of the infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anshu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Charu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Batra
authors.forename: Dipankar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Medha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jain