Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (FHL), Report of two Unique Cases

Authors

  • Shubhankar Mishra MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa
  • Sunil Kumar Agarwalla MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa
  • Sushree Smita Behura MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa
  • Gouranga Charan Pattnaik MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v35i3.12260

Keywords:

Histiocytosis, Hemophagocytes, Pancytopenia, Stem cell

Abstract

Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHLH) is a rare genetic disorder associated with early onset in life with overwhelming activation of T lymphocytes and macrophages invariably leading to death. We present two cases of FHLH admitted to our hospital at different points of time. First child presented with multiple episodes of GTCS and high grade fever. There was a history of sibling death before. He was having hepatosplenomegaly with leucopenia, hyper-triglyceridemia, hyper-ferritinemia and bone marrow revealed abundant hemophagocytes in smear. Second case was a 6 month male with complaint of (Generalised Tonic Clonic Seizure (GTCS) with past history of repeated attacks of acute Respiratory Infection and neuroinfection. Previous sibling died in similar presentation. He was having hepatosplenomegaly, leucopenia, hyper triglyceridemia, hyper ferritinemia with abundant hemophagocytes in bone marrow smear. Both the cases were diagnosed as FHLH and treated according to protocol.

Nepal Paediatr Soc 2015;35(3):283-286

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Author Biographies

Shubhankar Mishra, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa

Junior resident, Department of Pediatrics

Sunil Kumar Agarwalla, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa

Associate professor, Dept. of Pediatrics

Sushree Smita Behura, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa

Junior resident, Department of Pediatrics

Gouranga Charan Pattnaik, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odhisa

Junior resident, Department of Pediatrics,

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Published

2016-06-02

How to Cite

Mishra, S., Agarwalla, S. K., Behura, S. S., & Pattnaik, G. C. (2016). Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (FHL), Report of two Unique Cases. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 35(3), 283–286. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v35i3.12260

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Brief Reports/Case Reports/Case Series

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