Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis presented with fever of unknown origin: A case study and literature review

Atousa Hakamifard; Masoud Mardani; Tahereh Gholipur-Shahraki

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4033

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis presented with fever of unknown origin: A case study and literature review

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Mar 8;9(4):2350-2355. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4033. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Atousa Hakamifard^{1

2}, Masoud Mardani¹, Tahereh Gholipur-Shahraki³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Infectious Diseases School of Medicine Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.
³ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.

Abstract

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare and life-threatening clinical syndrome, which may present with FUO. The possible diagnosis of HLH must be considered in the differential diagnosis when a patient presents with FUO.

Keywords: fever of unknown origin; hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

Publication types

Case Reports