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Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with hepatitis A: case report and literature review
- Source :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-127, Published: APR 2008
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Instituto de Medicina Tropical, 2008.
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Abstract
- Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome (VAHS) is a severe hematological disorder related to some viral infections. It is an illness characterized by persistent fever, pancytopenia, splenomegaly, hyperferritinemia and, the most important, hemophagocytosis observed in the bone marrow, liver and/or lymph nodes. VAHS associated with hepatitis A virus infection is rarely described, despite the high incidence of this viral infection in the population in general. There is no consensus in the literature regarding the optimal treatment of VAHS. In this article the clinical features, presumed pathogenesis, diagnostic criteria and treatment of VAHS are discussed, including description of cases of VAHS related to hepatitis A virus infection found in the medical literature. A síndrome hemofagocitária associada a vírus é uma doença hematológica grave relacionada com algumas síndromes virais. É doença caracterizada por febre persistente, pancitopenia, esplenomegalia, hiperferritinemia e hemofagocitose na medula óssea, fígado e/ou linfonodos. A síndrome hemofagocitária associada ao vírus da hepatite A é raramente descrita, apesar da alta incidência desta infecção viral na população como um todo. Não existem consensos na literatura a respeito do tratamento desta morbidade. Neste artigo, os aspectos clínicos, patogênese, critérios diagnósticos e tratamento da síndrome hemofagocitária associada a vírus, incluindo a descrição de casos publicados da síndrome associada ao vírus da hepatite A.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Viral-associated hemophagocytic syndrome
Pancytopenia
Hemophagocytosis
Population
Hepatitis A Antibodies
Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic
Virus
medicine
Humans
Immunologic Factors
education
Intravenous immunoglobulin
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Hepatitis A
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Thrombocytopenia
Histiocytosis
Infectious Diseases
Immunoglobulin M
Immunology
Female
Viral disease
Hepatitis A virus
business
Hemophagocytic syndrome
Medical literature
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-127, Published: APR 2008
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2793fce23ca625ff6c71ed8c241238cc