Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Kawasaki disease: Combined manifestation and differential diagnosis.
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Kawasaki disease: Combined manifestation and differential diagnosis. / Titze, Ulf; Janka-Schaub, Gritta; Schneider, E Marion; Prall, Friedrich; Haffner, Dieter; Classen, Carl Friedrich.
In: PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER, Vol. 53, No. 3, 3, 2009, p. 493-495.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and Kawasaki disease: Combined manifestation and differential diagnosis.
AU - Titze, Ulf
AU - Janka-Schaub, Gritta
AU - Schneider, E Marion
AU - Prall, Friedrich
AU - Haffner, Dieter
AU - Classen, Carl Friedrich
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Both hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and Kawasaki disease (KD) are diagnosed in patients with prolonged resistant fever by using a scoring system. Concurrent manifestation of both conditions has been reported previously. We describe an infant of 7 weeks whose condition fulfilled the criteria of HLH, but who, after clinical response to treatment, suddenly died from a myocardial infarction at 11 weeks. Post-mortem examination revealed a previously unknown coronary arteritis typical for KD. Since it is difficult to distinguish between KD and HLH, both diseases should be considered in young children with overlapping symptoms. Repeated echocardiograms may be helpful in these cases. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;53:493-495. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - Both hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and Kawasaki disease (KD) are diagnosed in patients with prolonged resistant fever by using a scoring system. Concurrent manifestation of both conditions has been reported previously. We describe an infant of 7 weeks whose condition fulfilled the criteria of HLH, but who, after clinical response to treatment, suddenly died from a myocardial infarction at 11 weeks. Post-mortem examination revealed a previously unknown coronary arteritis typical for KD. Since it is difficult to distinguish between KD and HLH, both diseases should be considered in young children with overlapping symptoms. Repeated echocardiograms may be helpful in these cases. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2009;53:493-495. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 53
SP - 493
EP - 495
JO - PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER
JF - PEDIATR BLOOD CANCER
SN - 1545-5009
IS - 3
M1 - 3
ER -