Myelofibrosis in a patient with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Gregory K Friedman; Yuki Hammers; Vishnu Reddy; Joseph G Pressey

doi:10.1002/pbc.21434

Myelofibrosis in a patient with familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2008 Jun;50(6):1260-2. doi: 10.1002/pbc.21434.

Authors

Gregory K Friedman¹, Yuki Hammers, Vishnu Reddy, Joseph G Pressey

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

PMID: 18253962
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21434

Abstract

We report a unique case of primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) detected in an infant who had bone marrow biopsies demonstrating myelofibrosis, a finding not previously reported in primary HLH.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Infant
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / complications*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / genetics*
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / therapy
Primary Myelofibrosis / complications*