Acute liver dysfunction as a presentation of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

N Z Med J. 2014 Mar 7;127(1390):61-5.

Abstract

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an uncommon disorder of histiocyte function which presents with fever, cytopaenias and end-organ dysfunction. We report the case of a 62-year-old man with acute liver dysfunction as an initial presentation of HLH.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged