title: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and pelger-huët anomaly associated with colchicine intoxication.
abstract: Colchicine is frequently used in the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). First symptoms of colchicine intoxication are gastrointestinal disturbances, such as abdominal cramps, diarrhea, pancytopenia and so on. Herein, we report a female FMF patient with pancytopenia and hemophagocytic lymphohitiocytosis (HLH), following colchicine intoxication for committing suicide. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient with HLH associated with colchicine intoxication.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatric Hematology, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Baris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Malbora
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatric Nephrology, Dr. Sami Ulus Research and Training Hospital of Women's and Children's Health and Diseases , Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sare Gulfem
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Akyuz
keywords: Pelger-Huët anomaly; colchicine intoxication; hemophagocytic lymphohitiocytosis