We report a case of a 9-month-old girl diagnosed as heterozygous to the Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) after the death of her four brothers, who had similar symptoms of severe anemia, recurrent infections, and multipl...
BACKGROUND Adult-onset Still’s disease(AOSD)is a rare systemic inflammatory disorder characterized by fever,arthritis,skin rash,and systemic symptoms.The etiology of AOSD is unknown;however,it is thought to be relate...
BACKGROUND Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(HLH)is a rare group of disorders of immune dysregulation characterized by clinical symptoms of severe inflammation.There are basically two types of clinical scenarios:Fami...
Objective:To investigate the relationship between Th17/Treg balance in peripheral blood and severity of hemophagocytic syndrome in children.Methods:A total of 60 children with HLH diagnosed in our hospital were taken ...
the grants from the National Science and Technology Key Projects (No.2017ZX09304029004);Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (No.Z 171100001017050);National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.81700186,81800189);Scientific Research Common Program of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (No.KM201710025019);Talent Training Proj ect-Fostering Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Children's Hospital,Capital Medical University (No.GPY201713);The Special Fund of The Pediatric Medical Coordinated Development Center of Beijing Municipal Administration (XTZD20180202).
To the Editor:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)is a life-threatening disease which impacts many parts of the body including the digestive,circulatory,and respiratory systems.The central nervous system (CNS)can ...
Importance: Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is considered to be the only curative treatment for familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHLH). Treatment of pediatric FHLH with reduced-in...
grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.30901339and No.81172869); the Application Foundation Project in Sichuan Province (No.2016JY0021and No.2017JY0025).
To the Editor:A 27-year-old Chinese man presented to the hospital complaining of red nodules on the chest and back that gradually enlarged with spiking fever up to 39℃.He had nodular panniculitis when he was 21 years...
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHLH) is a rare genetic disease for which optimal therapy includes consolidation with a hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The HLH-1994 study demonstrated a 3-year ...
AIM To systematically review liver disease associated with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(HLH),propose reasonable contraindications for liver transplantation for liver failure in HLH,and report an illustrative cas...
Supported by Capital Characteristic Clinic Project,No.Z161100000516045
Herein we report a case of acute liver failure(ALF) and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(HLH) induced by varicella infection, successfully rescued by a combination therapy of acyclovir, supportive care, and immunosu...