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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
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BC: Articoli scritti da E. Panella

Un soggetto con pancitopenia e febbre persistente
A subject with pancytopenia and persistent fever
<p>We report a case of a 75-years-old female with pancytopenia, fever unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and persistent cough, hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy. Bone marrow shows pathological cells; some of them showed &ldquo;hand-mirror&rdquo; morphology and numerous hemophagocytosis. Atypical T lymphocytes with CD3+CD5-CD7-CD2++CD8+CD56- immunophenotype are detected by flow-cytometric analysis. Based on this evidence, Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in lymphoproliferative disease is suspected and confirmed by biopsy. HLH is a rare and life-threatening hematologic disease caused by excessive activation of immune system resulting in a systemic hyperinflammation with tissue destruction and multiorgan failure. According to HLH-2004 diagnostic criteria, HLH can be diagnosed in a patient with mutations in HLH-related genes or with at least 5 out of 8 diagnostic criteria (fever, hemophagocytosis, splenomegaly, high ferritin, elevated soluble-CD25, cytopenia, low natural killer cell activity, and hypertryglyceridemia or hypofibrinogenemia). HLH diagnosis is very challenging and integration&nbsp;of clinical-anamnestic, instrumental and laboratory information are essential for diagnosis and therapeutic strategy.</p>
Biochimica Clinica ; 45(4) e30
Casi clinici - Case report