title: Acute liver dysfunction as a presentation of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
abstract: Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an uncommon disorder of histiocyte function which presents with fever, cytopaenias and end-organ dysfunction. We report the case of a 62-year-old man with acute liver dysfunction as an initial presentation of HLH.
authors.affiliation: Haematology Department, Dunedin Public Hospital, Great King St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. eoinmulroy@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Eoin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mulroy
authors.forename: Michael B Y
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Magreet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: Shingi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chiruka
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D051359:Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged