A rare and fatal complication of a selflimiting infection: a case report on dengue associated hemophagocytic lymph histiocytosis

• Main Authors: Alvin Oliver Payus, Cheong, Lei Wah, Syahrul Sazliyana Shaharir
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Bangladesh Journals Online 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30195/2/A%20rare%20and%20fatal%20complication%20of%20a%20selflimiting%20infection1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30195/3/A%20rare%20and%20fatal%20complication%20of%20a%20selflimiting%20infection2.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30195/; https://banglajol.info/index.php/BJMED/article/view/41536; https://doi.org/10.3329/bjmed.v30i2.41536

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening medical condition characterized by hyperphagocytosis secondary to an inappropriate over-activation of macrophages and lymphocytes that driven by excessive cytokines production which resulted in cellular destructions. It can arise de novo...